Patriarch Politianus of Alexandria
8th-century Greek Patriarch of Alexandria
55th Greek (Melkite) Patriarch of Alexandria
Offices
Politianus served partas Greek Patriarch of Alexandria between 768 and 813. According to Eutychius, Politianus was a physician by training, visited Baghdad and healed Hārūn al-Rašīd's concubine. He reportedly participated in the translation of Vindonius Anatolius of Berytus' "Collection of Agricultural Practices" from Greek into Arabic for Yahya ibn Khalid in 795 CE.
Related people
- Patriarch Cosmas I of Alexandria succeeded · inferred
- Patriarch Eustatius 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