Mark II (died 17 April 819) was the 49th Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria from 26 January 799 until his death.
Saint Mark II of Alexandria | |
|---|---|
| Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark | |
| Papacy began | 26 January 799 |
| Papacy ended | 17 April 819 |
| Predecessor | John IV |
| Successor | James |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Died | 17 April 819 |
| Buried | Saint Mark's Church |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Denomination | Coptic Orthodox Christian |
| Residence | Saint Mark's Church |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 17 April (22 Baramouda in the Coptic calendar) |
During his reign, around 810, the schismatic Barsanuphians were brought back into the Coptic fold.[1] Mark baptized their leaders, George and Abraham, at the monastery of Saint Mina and consecrated them as orthodox bishops (albeit without dioceses).[1][2] Mark later appointed George to the diocese of Tanbudha and Abraham to that of Atripe.[2] Mark also rebuilt and reconsecrated one of the former churches of the Barsanuphians.[3][4]
Notes
edit- ^ a b Stewart 1991.
- ^ a b Mikhail 2014, pp. 63–64.
- ^ Swanson 2010, p. 172 n32.
- ^ Mikhail 2014, p. 224.
Bibliography
edit- Mikhail, Maged S. A. (2014). From Byzantine to Islamic Egypt: Religion, Identity and Politics after the Arab Conquest. I. B. Tauris.
- Stewart, Randall (1991). "Barsanuphians". In Aziz Suryal Atiya (ed.). The Coptic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Macmillan Publishers. cols. 347b–348a.
- Swanson, Mark N. (2010). The Coptic Papacy in Islamic Egypt (641–1517). American University in Cairo Press.
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