page_title: List of Coptic saints
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hierarchical_section_title: List of Coptic saints / A / D
caption_attribution_description: English: 12th Patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
context_page_description: Early church historians, writers, and fathers testified to the numerous Copt martyrs. Tertullian, 3rd century North African lawyer wrote "If the martyrs of the whole world were put on one arm of the balance and the martyrs of Egypt on the other, the balance will tilt in favor of the Copts." Despite periods of martyrdom and persecution the number of believers continued to grow and the lives of the martyrs inspired many to the Christian faith.
  The following is a list of saints commemorated by the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. The majority of saints are from Egypt with the majority venerated in all of Christianity.
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  Damian, the 35th Pope of Alexandria
  Daniel, the hegumen of Scetes during the 6th-century
  Daniel, the prophet
  Dasya, the soldier, 3rd-century martyr from Tanda
  David, the prophet and king
  Demetrius I, the 12th Pope of Alexandria
  Demetrius II, the 111th Pope of Alexandria
  Demiana and the 40 Virgins,
  Didymus the Blind, the 15th Dean of Catechetical School of Alexandria
  Dionysius, the 14th Pope of Alexandria
  Dioscorus I, the 25th Pope of Alexandria
  Dioscorus II, the 31st Pope of Alexandria
  Dorothea of Alexandria, virgin martyr
caption: St. Demetrius
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