Pope Markianos of Alexandria explained

Type:Pope
Honorific-Prefix:Saint
Markianos of Alexandria
Patriarch of Alexandria
Enthroned:141
Ended:1 January 152
Predecessor:Eumenes
Successor:Celadion
Birth Place:Alexandria, Egypt
Death Date:1 January 152
Death Place:Alexandria, Egypt
Buried:Baucalis, Alexandria
Nationality:Egyptian
Religion:Coptic Orthodox Christian
Feast Day:6 Tobi

Pope Markianos was the 8th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, reigning from 141 to 152.

Markianos was born in Alexandria, Egypt and he was the Dean of The Catechetical School of Alexandria, before being appointed Patriarch in the month of Hathor in the year 141 AD during the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius.

He died on the 6th of Tobi, in the year 152 AD.[1]

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  1. Web site: Toba 6 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium - CopticChurch.net. 2021-03-22. www.copticchurch.net.