List of Coptic Orthodox Popes of Alexandria
8th century
Table:
Apostolic Throne	Portrait	Popes & Patriarchs of Alexandria English • Coptic • Arabic	Name before Patriarchate	Place of Birth	Notes

8 May 704 – 14 February 729 (25 years, 9 months, 7 days)	St. Alexander II Alexanderos • Ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲟⲥ • آلِكسندر	Alexanderos	Banna Abu Sir, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt	The Umayyad Caliph Al-Walid I did not limit himself to taxing the Copts' finances; he also taxed their patience. He publicly reviled Jesus and once, during a procession, he even spat in the face of an image of the Virgin Mary.

26 March 729 – 10 June 730 (1 year, 3 months)	St. Cosmas I Kosma • Ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲁ • قسما	Kosma	Banna Abu Sir, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt

8 July 730 – 14 February 742 (11 years, 7 months, 7 days)	St. Theodore I Tawadros • Ⲑⲉⲟ́ⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ • ثاؤدروس	Tadros	Egypt

14 September 743 – 25 March 767 (23 years, 6 months)	St. Michael I Khail • Ⲭⲁⲏⲗ • خائيل	Khail	Egypt	He was imprisoned and tortured by the Governor Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa bin Nusayr. When King Kyriakos of Makuria heard the news, he was extremely enraged and prepared 100,000 soldiers which invaded Egypt and freed the Pope.

9 April 767 – 7 February 776 (8 years, 10 months)	Pope Mina I Mina • Ⲙнⲛⲁ • مينا	Mena	Samanoud, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt

24 January 777 – 24 January 799 (22 years)	St. John IV Yoannis • Ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ • يوأنسر	Yoannis	Banna Abu Sir, Gharbia Governorate, Egypt

26 January 799 – 30 April 819 (20 years, 2 months, 21 days)	St. Mark II Marcos • Ⲙⲁⲣⲕⲟⲥ • مرقس	Marcos	Alexandria, Egypt	During his Patriarchy, the Copts were persecuted by the Abbasid Sultan, Harun al-Rashid

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