Pope Michael I of Alexandria

Saint

Michael I of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began14 September 743
Papacy ended12 March 767
PredecessorTheodore I
SuccessorMina I
Personal details
BornEgypt
Died12 March 767
BuriedSaint Mark's Church
NationalityEgyptian
DenominationCoptic Orthodox Christian
ResidenceSaint Mark's Church
Sainthood
Feast day12 March (16 Baramhat in the Coptic Calendar)

Pope Michael I of Alexandria (also known as Khail) was the 46th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 743 to 767.

When Pope Michael was thrown into prison by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa bin Nusayr, King Kyriakos of Makuria marched north into Egypt at the head of an army said to number 100,000 men to free the Pope of Alexandria. However, once the Makurian army reached Egypt, the Pope was released from prison.[1]

Pope Michael opposed the enthroning of the Bishop Isaac as a Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch after the death of Iwanis I because he was already the Bishop of an eparchy (Harran).[2]

References

  1. ^ Derek A. Welsby, The Medieval Kingdoms of Nubia (London, 2002), p. 73; B.T.A. Evetts (translator), The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighboring Countries attributed to Abu Salih, the Armenian, with added notes by Alfred J. Butler (Oxford, 1895), pp. 267ff
  2. ^ http://www.rezgar.com/debat/show.art.asp?t=0&userID=981&aid=80855
Preceded by
Theodoros I
Coptic Pope
743–767
Succeeded by
Mina I



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