Pope Michael V of Alexandria explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Meinardus, Otto F.A. . Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity . . 1999 . 9774247574 . 273–279 . Otto Friedrich August Meinardus.
  2. Book: The Coptic Encyclopedia . Coptic Encyclopedia . . . 1991 . Atiya . Aziz S. . Aziz Suryal Atiya . 5 . . Michael V . https://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cce/id/1337/rec/7.