Ϣⲉⲛⲟⲩϯ
c. 348 – 465 CE · abbot · author · monastic leader
Abbot of the White Monastery federation near Sohag for decades, Shenoute left one of the largest corpora of any ancient author — forceful sermons and monastic canons in classical Sahidic Coptic. His writings are a cornerstone for studying the language at its literary height.