Pope Maximus of Alexandria

Head of the Coptic Church from 264 to 282

Pope Saint Maximus of Alexandria
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
Papacy began	9 November 264
Papacy ended	22 April 282
Predecessor	Dionysius
Successor	Theonas
Personal details
Born	Alexandria, Egypt
Died	(282-04-22)April 22, 282 Egypt
Buried	Church of the Cave, Alexandria
Nationality	Egyptian
Denomination	Church of Alexandria
Sainthood
Venerated in	Coptic Orthodoxy Catholic Church

Pope Maximus of Alexandria, 15th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. He is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on the 14th day of Baramudah (April 22), and by the Romans on Dec. 27.^[1]

References

General

Anba Maximus The Fifteenth Pope of Alexandria. Archived 2020-09-26 at the Wayback Machine
Meinardus, Otto F.A. (2002). Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-757-6.

Specific

^ "Roman Martyrology December, in English".

External links

The Official website of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy See of Saint Mark the Apostle
Coptic Documents in French

Titles of the Great Christian Church
Preceded by Dionysius	Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria 264—282	Succeeded by Theonas

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Patriarchs of Alexandria

Patriarchs prior to the
Chalcedonian schism
(43–451)

Coptic Orthodox
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(451–present)

Greek Orthodox
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(451–present)

Latin Catholic
(1276–1954)

Melkite Catholic
(1724–present)

Coptic Catholic
(1824–present)

*Markianos is considered Mark II on the Greek side of the subsequent schism, hence this numbering of Mark III.
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