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The Martyrium presents the confrontation of Bishop Ignatius with Emperor Trajan at Antioch, a familiar trope of Acta of the martyrs, and many details of the long journey to Rome. The Synaxarium of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria says that he was thrown to the wild beasts that devoured him.
42 (founded) 381 (granted title of patriarch) Coptic icon of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the apostolic founder of the Church of Alexandria, and the first Primate of Alexandria. The Patriarch of Alexandria is the archbishop of Alexandria, Egypt. Historically, this office has included the designation " pope " (etymologically "Father", like "Abbot").
The Patriarch of Antioch is a traditional title held by the bishop of Antioch (modern-day Antakya, Turkey). As the traditional "overseer" (ἐπίσκοπος, episkopos, from which the word bishop is derived) of the first gentile Christian community, the position has been of prime importance in Pauline Christianity from its earliest period.
The Patriarch of Alexandria (also known as the Bishop of Alexandria or Pope of Alexandria) is the highest-ranking bishop of Egypt. The Patriarchs trace back their lineage to Mark the Evangelist . Following the Council of Chalcedon in 451, a schism occurred in Egypt, between those who accepted and those who rejected the decisions of the council.
There is also a Theophilus of Alexandria (c. 412 AD). Theophilus (Greek: Θεόφιλος ὁ Ἀντιοχεύς) was Patriarch of Antioch [ 1 ] from 169 until 182. He succeeded Eros c. 169, and was succeeded by Maximus I c. 183, according to Henry Fynes Clinton, [ 2 ] but these dates are only approximations. His death probably occurred ...
Cyril of Alexandria (Ancient Greek: Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας; Coptic: Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁ̅ or ⲡⲓ̀ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲕⲓⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ; c. 376–444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. [ 1 ][ 2 ] He was enthroned when the city was at the height of its influence and power within the ...
Antioch on the Orontes (/ ˈænti.ɒk /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Ὀρόντου, romanized:Antiókheia hē epì Oróntou, pronounced [anti.ó.kʰeː.a]) [ note 1 ] was a Hellenistic Greek city [ 1 ][ 2 ] founded by Seleucus I Nicator in 300 BC. [ 3 ] One of the most important Greek cities of the Hellenistic period, [ 2 ...
Maximos IV Sayegh (or Saïgh; 10 April 1878 – 5 November 1967) was a Syrian Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1967.