Type: | Pope |
Honorific-Prefix: | Pope |
Michael V of Alexandria | |
Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark | |
Enthroned: | 29 July 1145 |
Ended: | 29 March 1146 |
Predecessor: | Gabriel II |
Successor: | John V |
Birth Place: | Daqadus, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt |
Death Date: | 29 March 1146 |
Death Place: | Egypt |
Buried: | Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great |
Religion: | Coptic Orthodox Christian |
Residence: | The Hanging Church |
Pope Michael V of Alexandria, or Mikha’il V, was the 71st Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 1145 to 1146.[1] [2] During his papacy, he returned the relics of Saint Macarius of Egypt from village of Shabsheer to the Nitrian Desert on 19 Mesori.
He is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on the 3rd day of Parmouti.