Eutychius of Alexandria
Melkite Patriarch of Alexander (877-940) (r. 933-940)
b. 10 Sep 877 · d. 12 May 940
62nd Greek (Melkite) Patriarch of Alexandria
Offices
Eutychius of Alexandria was the Melkite Patriarch of Alexandria. He is known for being one of the first Christian Egyptian writers to use the Arabic language. His writings include the chronicle Nazm al-Jawhar, also known by its Latin title Eutychii Annales.
Related people
- Patriarch Christodoulos of Alexandria succeeded · inferred
- Patriarch Sophronius II of Alexandria preceded · inferred
Works
- Naẓm al-Jawhar
- Annals c. 935
Places
- Cairo birth
- Alexandria death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus II, col. 329 sqq. — Patriarchatus Alexandrinus