Pope Benjamin I of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria
b. 590 · d. 16 Jan 662
38th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic line)
Offices
Pope Benjamin I of Alexandria, 38th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He is regarded as one of the greatest patriarchs of the Coptic Church. Benjamin guided the Coptic church through a period of turmoil in Egyptian history that included the fall of Egypt to the Sasanian Empire, followed by Egypt's reconquest under the Byzantines, and finally the Arab Islamic Conquest in 642. After the Arab conquest Pope Benjamin, who was in exile, was allowed to return to Alexandria and resume the patriarchate.
Related people
- Andronicus of Alexandria succeeded · inferred
- Pope Agatho of Alexandria preceded · inferred
Places
- Beheira Governorate birth
- Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral residence
- Alexandria death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria 1 claim — Life of the 38th patriarch