List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria
10th century
Table:
Apostolic Throne

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Popes & Patriarchs of Alexandria
English • Coptic • Arabic

Name before Patriarchate

Place of Birth

Notes

29 May 909
– 28 February 920
(10 years, 9 months)

St. Gabriel I
Gabriel • Ⲋⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ • غبريال

Gabriel

Shibin El Kom, Monufia Governorate, Egypt

28 February 920
– 12 March 932
(12 years)

St. Cosmas III
Kosma • Ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲁ • قسما

Kosma

Egypt

9 April 932
– 2 April 952
(19 years, 11 months, 23 days)

St. Macarius I
Macarius • Ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲟⲥ • مكاريوس

Alexandria, Egypt

1 August 952
– 19 December 956
(4 years, 4 months, 11 days)

St. Theophilus
Theophilos • Ⲑⲉⲟ́ⲫⲁnⲓⲟⲥ • ثاؤفانيوس

Theophilos

Alexandria, Egypt

20 December 956
– 25 November 974
(17 years, 11 months, 6 days)

Pope Mina II
Mina • Ⲙнnⲁ • مينا

Mena

Sandela, Kafr El Sheikh Governorate, Egypt

28 November 975
– 16 December 978
(3 years, 11 months)

St. Abraham
Avraam • Ⲁⲃⲣⲁⲁⲙ • أبرآم بن زرعة

Abraam ibn Zeraa

Syria

Al-Mu'iz, Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate challenged Pope Abraham "if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move" (Matt 17:20 & Mark 11:23). After 3 days of prayers and fasting the Pope with St. Simon the Tanner moved the Mokattam Mountain east of Cairo. The story of this miracle can be found in the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria written by the historian Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa.

10 April 979
–21 November 1003
(24 years, 7 months, 10 days)

Pope Philotheos
Philotheos • Ⲫⲓⲗⲟⲑⲉⲟⲥ • فيلوثاوس

Philotheos

Egypt

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