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E07012: Coptic Sermon on *Shenoute (abbot of the White Monastery, S00688), attributed to Benjamin, bishop of Alexandria (626–665), written in the 7th century. Skeleton entry

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History

Evidence ID

E07012

Saint Name

Shenoute, abbot of the White Monastery near Akhmim/Panopolis (Upper Egypt), ob. c. 465. : S00688

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Type of Evidence

Literary - Sermons/Homilies

Language

Coptic

Evidence not before

626

Evidence not after

665

Activity not before

350

Activity not after

665

Place of Evidence - Region

Egypt and Cyrenaica

Place of Evidence - City, village, etc

Alexandria

Place of evidence - City name in other Language(s)

Alexandria Hermopolis ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ Ashmunein Hermopolis

Cult activities - Non Liturgical Practices and Customs

Composing and translating saint-related texts

Source

For details see T. Orlandi, Corpus dei Manoscritti Copti Letterari online at http://www.cmcl.it/entrata.html/

Bibliography

Mentioned in: Emmel, S., "Coptic literature in the Byzantine and early Islamic world," in: R.S. Bagnall (ed.), Egypt in the Byzantine World, 300–700 (Cambridge, 2007), 83–102, p. 96.

Usage metrics

Evidence - The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity

Keywords

S00688 History

Licence

CC0