Pope Justus of Alexandria explained

Type:Pope
Honorific-Prefix:Saint
Justus of Alexandria
Patriarch of Alexandria
See:Alexandria
Enthroned:118
Ended:19 June 129
Predecessor:Primus
Successor:Eumenes
Birth Place:Egypt
Death Date:19 June 129
Death Place:Alexandria, Egypt
Buried:Baucalis, Alexandria
Nationality:Egyptian
Religion:Church of Alexandria
Feast Day:19 June (12 Paoni in the Coptic calendar)
Alma Mater:Catechetical School of Alexandria

Pope Justus was the 6th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria.

Justus was an honorable and learned man before his ordination. He was baptized by Mark the Evangelist, along with his father, his mother and others.[1] St. Mark also appointed him as the first Dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria.[2] Anianus, the second patriarch, ordained him a deacon, then a priest, and appointed him to preach and teach the people. He was chosen as patriarch to succeed Primus. He shepherded his people with the best of care for ten years. He died on the 12th of Paoni 129 AD, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Hadrian.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Commemorations for Paona 12. Coptic Church. 2011-02-16.
  2. Web site: Saint Mark and the Church of Alexandria. L A Copts. 2011-02-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20110303114650/http://www.lacopts.org/articles/saint-mark-and-the-church-of-alexandria. 2011-03-03. dead.