Death of Shenoute

465 CE · Monastic era

Shenoute dies at an advanced age after leading the White Monastery federation for decades, leaving a corpus of sermons and canons unmatched by any other ancient author in size.

Why it matters for the language — His Sahidic set a benchmark of classical literary Coptic.

Date: 465 CE
Era: Monastic era

PeopleShenoute the Great

PlacesWhite Monastery (Deir al-Abiad)