Patriarch George I of Alexandria
Patriarch of Alexandria
d. 630
49th Greek (Melkite) Patriarch of Alexandria
Offices
George I served as Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 621 and 631, succeeding St. John the Almsgiver. A biography of St. John Chrysostom, reviewed by St. Photios in his Myriobiblos, has been attributed to him, as well as fragments on Psalm 2.
Related people
- John the Merciful succeeded · inferred
- Cyrus of Alexandria preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus II, col. 329 sqq. — Patriarchatus Alexandrinus