Shenute Mkuu (pia: Shenute Abati, Shenuda; Shenalolet, 348 hivi</ref> (the date 348 AD, often mentioned but not universally accepted, is based on an inscription in his monastery, dating from the twelfth or thirteen century - Sohag, 1 Julai 465) alikuwa abati wa Monasteri Nyeupe nchini Misri kuanzia mwaka 385. Alishiriki Mtaguso wa Efeso (431) pamoja na Sirili wa Aleksandria na kuacha maandishi mbalimbali, hasa hotuba na barua, ambayo yanamfanya mwandishi bora wa lugha ya Kimisri. Tangu kale anaheshimiwa kama mtakatifu na Makanisa ya Kiorthodoksi ya Mashariki, hasa na Wakopti. Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko Emmel (2004), p. 12 https://dacb.org/stories/egypt/shenoute/ Bell, David N. Besa: The Life of Shenoute. Cistercian Studies Series, vol. 73. Kalamazoo: Cistercian Publications, 1983. Brakke, David. Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity. Cambridge, MA, and London: Harvard University Press, 2006. [Esp. chap. 5, “The Prophet: Shenoute and the White Monastery.”]