Pope Demetrius of Alexandria
Patriarch of Alexandria from c. 189 to 232
b. c. 127 · d. 22 Oct 231
12th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic line) · 189–232
Offices
- Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria (Coptic line) № 12 · 189 – 232
Demetrius I, 12th Bishop and Patriarch of Alexandria. Sextus Julius Africanus, who visited Alexandria in the Bishoprice of Demetrius, places his accession as eleventh bishop from Mark in the tenth year of Roman Emperor Commodus; Eusebius of Caesarea places it in the tenth year of Septimius Severus.
Related people
- Pope Julian of Alexandria succeeded · traditional
- Pantaenus sender of · traditional
- Heraclas of Alexandria preceded · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Alexandria death
- Baucalis burial
- Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral residence
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 3 claims — HE 5.22; Origen takes charge of the catechetical school; Origen is condemned at Alexandria and settles at Caesarea
- De Viris Illustribus 1 claim — Pantaenus is sent to India
- History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria 1 claim — Life of the 12th patriarch