Coptic Egypt

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Coptic Egypt refers to the period and culture of Egyptian Christianity and its communities, art, language, and religious traditions from late antiquity through the medieval era.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Coptic Egypt canonical 6
Roman Egypt 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (80)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian civilization
cultural region
historical period
appliesToTerritory Egypt
developedFrom Hellenistic Egypt
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Pharaonic Egyptian culture
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Roman Egypt
followedBy Islamic Egypt
hasArchaeologicalSiteType monastic complexes
painted chapels
rock-cut churches
hasArchitecturalStyle Coptic church architecture
hasArtForm Coptic iconography
Coptic manuscript illumination
Coptic textiles
hasArtStyle Coptic art
hasCalendar Coptic calendar
hasChristologicalPosition Miaphysitism
hasCoreReligiousTradition Coptic Christianity
hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Greek culture
Pharaonic Egyptian religion
Roman culture
hasCulturalInfluenceOn Byzantine art
Ethiopian Christianity
Nubian Christianity
hasDocumentType Coptic codices
Coptic papyri
hasEcclesiasticalLeaderTitle Pope of Alexandria
hasEcclesiasticalSee See of Saint Mark
hasEndPeriod medieval era
hasEthnoReligiousCommunity Copts
hasFeast Coptic Christmas
Coptic Easter
linked to: Feast of Pascha

Nayrouz
hasImportantCity Alexandria
Antinoopolis
Cairo
Hermopolis
Oxyrhynchus
Thebes
hasImportantManuscriptCollection Coptic Gnostic texts
Nag Hammadi library
linked to: Nag Hammadi
hasImportantMonastery Monastery of Saint Anthony
Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite
Red Monastery
White Monastery
hasImportantMonk Anthony the Great
Pachomius the Great
Shenoute of Atripe
hasImportantTheologian Athanasius of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria
hasLanguage Coptic language
hasLanguageAncestor Demotic Egyptian
linked to: Demotic script

Late Egyptian
hasLiturgicalLanguage Coptic language
hasLiturgicalMusic Coptic chant
hasLiturgicalTradition Alexandrian Rite
hasMainDenomination Coptic Catholic Church
Coptic Orthodox Church
hasMainReligion Christianity
hasMajorChurch Hanging Church
Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral
Saint Menas Monastery complex
hasMonasticCenter Kellia
Nitria
Scetis
Wadi El Natrun
hasMonasticTradition Egyptian desert monasticism
linked to: Desert monasticism
hasPrimarySourceType hagiographies
homilies
liturgical books
hasScripturalTradition Coptic Bible translations
hasStartCentury 3rd century
4th century
hasStartPeriod late antiquity
hasTheologicalCenter Catechetical School of Alexandria
hasWritingSystemComponent Demotic-derived letters
isAssociatedWithCouncil Council of Chalcedon
usesScript Coptic script
Greek alphabet

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Coptic cross culturalOrigin Coptic Egypt
Makuria culturalInfluenceFrom Coptic Egypt
Nobadia culturalInfluenceFrom Coptic Egypt
Alwa hasCulturalInfluenceFrom Coptic Egypt
Bohairic region partOf Coptic Egypt
Moses of Scetis countryOfActivity Roman Egypt
linked to: Coptic Egypt