Cyril of Alexandria
Patriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444
b. 376 · d. 27 Jun 444
24th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic line) · 412–c. 444
Offices
- Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic line) № 24 · 412 – c. 444
Cyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He was enthroned when the city was at the height of its influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a major player in the Christological controversies of the late 4th and 5th centuries. He was a central figure in the Council of Ephesus in 431, which led to the deposition of Nestorius as Patriarch of Constantinople.
Related people
- Pope Theophilus of Alexandria disciple of · traditional
- Pope Theophilus of Alexandria succeeded · inferred
- Dioscorus I of Alexandria preceded · inferred
Works
Events
Commemorated
Places
- El Mahalla El Kubra birth
- Alexandria death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 2 claims — Cyril takes the see of Alexandria; The murder of Hypatia at Alexandria
- The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) 1 claim — Council of Ephesus
- History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria 1 claim — Life of the 24th patriarch
Documents
- Twelve Anathemas of Cyril author
What he held
- One incarnate nature of God the Word There is one incarnate nature of God the Word, the divine and the human being united without confusion, without change and without division.
- Theotokos Mary is Mother of God, because the one she bore is God the Word made flesh.
In the disputes
- The Nestorian controversy A quarrel about a title of Mary that was a quarrel about her Son.