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The Cult of Saints in Late Antiquity


from its origins to circa AD 700, across the entire Christian world


Name

Shenetom/Senetom, saint with cult in the Thebaid

Saint ID

S01220

Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs
Related Evidence Records
IDTitle
E02439Coptic letter, from the monastery of Epiphanius at Thebes (Upper Egypt), mentioning the presbyter of an institution dedicated to Apa *Shenetom (saint with cult in the Thebaid, S01220); datable to the end of the 6th/beginning of the 7th century.
E05975Coptic ostracon from Deir el-Bahari (Upper Egypt) with a letter addressed to a presbyter mentioning the celebration and the canon of Apa *Shenetom/Senetom (saint with cult in the Thebaid, S02241), as well as an institution dedicated to *Theodore (possibly the soldier and martyr of Amaseia and Euchaita, S00480), in which a judgement was to be made; datable to the 7th century.