enthroned ended predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion title buried nationality residence article_title name type
3 february 1131 5 april 1145 macarius ii michael v 5 april 1145 cairo , egypt egypt coptic orthodox christian 70th of st. mark pope of alexandria & patriarch of the see monastery of saint macarius the great egyptian the hanging church pope gabriel ii of alexandria
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pope gabriel ii of alexandria

pope gabriel ii of alexandria , 70th pope of alexandria & patriarch of the see of st. mark .
he is commemorated in the coptic synaxarion on the 10th day of parmouti .
this pope was from the nobles of cairo , and was a writer , scribe , and scholar .
he transcribed many arabic and coptic books .
the elders of the people and the clergy chose him for the patriarchal chair , and his enthronement was on the 9th day of amshir , 847 a.m. -lrb- february 3. , 1131 a.d. -rrb- .
when the caliph was asked by the emperor of ethiopia to appoint more bishops to his kingdom , gabriel showed the caliph that if that country had more than seven bishops , the ethiopian orthodox church would be able , by canon law , to select their own `` abun '' or metropolitan bishop , thus curtailing the influence the patriarch , and thus the caliph , had over ethiopia .
thus , the emperor 's request was declined .
