Saint Shenoute of Atribe – one of the most famous monks in Egypt and one of the most controversial.

Links:
Icon of Saint Shenoute of Atribe

Life of Saint Shenoute and here

Shenoute’s Monastic Federation

3-D Panorama of Shenoute’s tomb

3-D tour of Shenoute’s Red Monastery

Emmel, Stephen. “Shenoute of Atripe and the christian destruction of temples in Egypt: rhetoric and reality”. From Temple to Church. 2008. pp. 162-203.

Layton, B. “Rules, Patterns, and the Exercise of Power in Shenoute’s Monastery: The Problem of World Replacement and Identity Maintenance.” Journal of Early Christian Studies, vol. 15 no. 1, 2007, pp. 45-73.

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#434 – A History of the Catholic Church – Shenoute