- Clement Of Alexandria
Clement of Alexandria (Titus Flavius Clemens), was the first member of the Church of Alexandria to be more than a name, and one of its most distinguished teachers. He was born about the middle of the 2nd century, and died between 211 and 216. He united Greek philosophical traditions with Christian doctrine and valued "gnosis" that with communion for all people could be held by common Christians.
- Cyril Of Alexandria
Cyril of Alexandria (ca. 378 - ca. 444) was the Pope of Alexandria when the city was at its height in influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and was a leading protagonist in the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries. He was a central figure in the Council of Ephesus in 431 which led to the deposition of Nestorius as Archbishop of Constantinople. Cyril is among the patristic fathers, and the Doctors of the Church, …
- Hypatia Of Alexandria
Hypatia of Alexandria was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, the first notable woman in mathematics, and also taught in the fields of astronomy and astrology. She lived in Alexandria in Roman Egypt at the turn of the Fifth Century, at a time when paganism was actively suppressed. Her fame stems principally from her murder in 415 AD at the hands of a Christian mob. Letters written to Hypatia by her pupil Synesius give an idea of her intellectual milieu.
- Hero Of Alexandria
Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria was a Hellenistic engineer and geometer who flourished in Alexandria, Roman Egypt. Among his most famous inventions were the first documented steam engine, the "aeolipile", and a windwheel, constituting one the earliest instances of wind harnessing. He is said to have been a follower of the Atomists. Some of his ideas were derived from the works of Ctesibius.
- Alexander Of Alexandria
St. Alexander of Alexandria (died April 17, 326) was Patriarch of Alexandria from 313 to his death. During his priesthood he passed through the bloody persecutions of Galerius, Maximinus, and others. As bishop, Alexander is most notable for his conflict with Arius, who had begun to teach what came to be known as Arianism, that the Son had been created by God the Father at the beginning of time, under Alexander's predecessor Achillas.
- Pappus Of Alexandria
Pappus of Alexandria (Greek) is one of the most important Hellenistic mathematicians of antiquity, known for his work "Synagoge" or "Collection" (c. 340). He was a Greek or a Hellenized Egyptian born in Alexandria, Egypt. Although very little is known about his life, the written records suggest that he was a teacher. "Synagoge", his best-known work, is a compendium of mathematics of which eight volumes survive.
- Theon Of Alexandria
Theon was a Greek scholar in Alexandria, Egypt, and the last director of the Library of Alexandria before it was burnt and destroyed by Christian riots, in the "Museion" until it was closed by the patriarch Theophilus on order of the Christian Roman emperor Theodosius I in 391 AD. Theon was the father of the mathematician and pagan martyr Hypatia who was murdered by Christians. Theon's most durable achievement may be his edition of Euclid's "Elements", …
- Theophilus Of Alexandria
Theophilus of Alexandria, (died 412) was the Nicene Pope of Alexandria, Egypt (385 - 412). He is regarded as a saint by the Coptic Church. He was patriarch at a time of conflict between the newly dominant Christians and the pagan establishment in Alexandria, each supported by a segment of the Alexandrian populace. In 391, Theophilus (according to Rufinus and Sozomen) discovered a hidden pagan temple.
- Hesychius Of Alexandria
Hesychius of Alexandria, a grammarian of Alexandria, (probably flourished 5th century CE) compiled the richest lexicon of unusual and obscure Greek words that has survived (in a single 15th century manuscript). The work includes approximately 51,000 entries, a copious list of peculiar words, forms and phrases, with an explanation of their meaning, and often with a reference to the author who used them or to the district of Greece where they were current.
- Menelaus Of Alexandria
Menelaus of Alexandria (c. 70 - 140) was a Greek mathematician and astronomer, the first to recognize geodesics on a curved surface as natural analogs of straight lines.
- Hierocles Of Alexandria
Hierocles of Alexandria was a Neoplatonist writer who was active around AD 430. He studied under Plutarch at Athens, and taught for some years in his native city. He seems to have been banished from Alexandria and to have taken up his abode in Constantinople, where he gave such offence by his religious opinions that he was thrown into prison and cruelly flogged.
- Demetrius Of Alexandria
Saint Demetrius was Patriarch of Alexandria (189-232). Sextus Julius Africanus, who visited Alexandria in the time of Demetrius, places his accession as eleventh bishop after Mark in the tenth year of Commodus; Eusebius of Caesarea's statement that it was in the tenth of Septimius Severus is a mistake.
- Pope Theodosius Of Alexandria
His Holiness Theodosius was Pope of Alexandria between 535 and 567. Due to the turmoils of the 451 split of the Orthodox Church after the Council of Chalcedon, he has been the last Patriarch of Alexandria of the Orthodox united church of Alexandria, before the followers of what today is the Eastern Orthodox Church of Alexandria elected Patriarch Paul in his place in 536. |- |- |-
- Isidore Of Alexandria
Isidore of Alexandria was a Greek philosopher and one of the last of the Neoplatonists. He lived in Athens and Alexandria toward the end of the 5th century AD. He became head of the school in Athens in succession to Marinus, who followed Proclus. His views alienated the chief members of the school and he was compelled to resign his position to Hegias. He is known principally as the teacher of Damascius, …
- Euphrosyne Of Alexandria
Saint Euphrosyne of Alexandria (5th century) belongs to that group of legendary virgins who flee advantageous marriages and adopt male attire and pass for men, in order to lead lives of celibacy and asceticism. Her "life", narrated in the "Vitæ Patrum", has some unmistakable hallmarks of the sentimental Hellenistic novel. Euphrosyne was the beloved only daughter of a rich man of Alexandria, miraculously born in her parents' old age in answer to a monk's prayer.
- Annianus Of Alexandria
Annianus of Alexandria or Annianos was a monk who flourished in Alexandria during the bishopric of Theophilus of Alexandria around the beginning of the fifth century. He criticized the world history of his contemporary monk Panodorus of Alexandria for relying too much on secular sources rather than biblical sources for his dates. As a result, Annianus developed his own chronology which placed Creation on 25 March, 5492 BC.
- Damian Of Alexandria
Saint Damian was a soldier, martyred in Alexandria, Egypt. His feast day is 12 February.
- Artapanus Of Alexandria
Artapanus of Alexandria was a historian, of Jewish origin, who lived in Alexandria during the 2nd century BCE. He wrote a history of the Jews but his books have not survived. Parts of his work have been preserved in the books of two later historians: *Eusebius of Caesarea in his book "Præparatio Evangelica" ix. 18, 23 *Clement of Alexandria in his book called "Clement's Stromata" i. 23, 154 In his account of Moses, he associates him in certain aspects to Hermes (Thoth, ie, …
- Pope Jacob Of Alexandria
His Holiness Jacob was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (819 - 830). Pope Jacob ordained Abuna Yohannes as the head of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, according to the "History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria"; however civil war, drought, and plague in Ethiopia forced Yohannes to return to Alexandria, where he remained through Jacob's tenure.
- Kedron Of Alexandria
Kedron, or Cerdo, served as Patriarch of Alexandria during the reign of the emperor Trajan. According to the Church historian Eusebius, he was the third bishop to occupy the see. However, if Saint Mark is considered to be the first, then Kedron would in fact be the fourth. He presided between 96 and 106. He was one of the people baptised by Saint Mark in Alexandria and was marytered on 21 Paoni, 15 June 106 AD.
- Aristonicus Of Alexandria
Aristonicus (Latin; Greek "Aristonikos") of Alexandria was a distinguished Greek grammarian who lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, contemporary with Strabo. He taught at Rome, and wrote commentaries and grammatical treatises.
- Patriarch Metrophanes Of Alexandria
Mêtrophanês Kritopoulos served as Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria between 1636 and 1639. He was born in Veria on 1589. Originally a monk on Mount Athos, he was a close associate of Cyril Lucaris. He studied in England and Germany. He traveled to Europe and mingled with the greatest scholars and theologians of his day.
- Pope Benjamin Of Alexandria
His Holiness Benjamin was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (622 - 667). His papacy witnessed three ruling systems in Egypt as it was ruled by the Sassanid Empire at its beginning followed by the return of Byzantines rule during which Pope Benjamin went into exile and finally by the Arabs upon their conquest. After the Arab conquest Pope Benjamin was allowed by the Arab rulers to come back to Alexandria and resume his work, …
- Athanasius Of Alexandria
Athanasius of Alexandria was a Christian bishop, the Bishop of Alexandria, in the fourth century. He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Catholic Churches, the Eastern Orthodox Church, the Lutheran Church, the Anglican Communion, and the Oriental Orthodox Church, and regarded as a great leader of the Church by Protestants. He is the earliest living of those declared Doctors by the Roman Catholic Church, …
- Peter Of Alexandria
Peter of Alexandria was a Pope of Alexandria (300 - 311). He is revered as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Coptic Church. The Coptic church believes that Peter was given by his parents to patriarch Theonas to be brought up as a priest, as had Samuel in the Old Testament. He rose through the orders, first becoming a reader, then a deacon, then a priest.
- Dionysius Of Alexandria
St. Dionysius of Alexadria, named 'the Great', was the Bishop of Alexandria from 248 until his death on November 17, 265 after seventeen years as a bishop. We have information on Dionysius because during his lifetime, Dionysius wrote many correspondence letters. Only one original letter survives to this day, the remaining letters are found re-written in the works of Eusebius. St. Dionysius' feast day is November 17 and his saint prayer is: O God, …
- Julian Of Alexandria
Julian served as Patriarch of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 178 and 189. He is commemorated in the Coptic "Synaxarion" on the 8th day of Baramhat.
- Justus Of Alexandria
Justus (118 - 129) served as Patriarch of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 118 and 129. He is regarded as a saint of the Coptic Church.
- Primus Of Alexandria
Primus served as Patriarch of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 106 and 118.
- Dioscorus Of Alexandria
Dioscorus I of Alexandria is considered a saint by the Coptic, Syriac, and other Oriental Orthodoxy churches. For most of the last fifteen centuries he was considered a heretic by the Eastern Orthodoxy and Catholic Churches, though some commentators like Anatolius and John S. Romanides think that Dioscorus was not deposed at Chalcedon (451) because of the faith, but for his grave administrative errors at the second Council of Ephesus (449), …
- Pope Macarius Of Alexandria
His Holiness Macarius I was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 933 to 953. He is commemorated in the Coptic "Synaxarion" on the 24th day of Baramhat.
- Anianus Of Alexandria
Anianus served as Patriarch of Alexandria from 68 to 82, a position which preceded the Popes of the Coptic Church and Orthodox Church of Alexandria. He was the successor of Saint Mark the Apostolic, and is, in fact, mentioned in the apocryphal Acts of Mark. Saint Mark mentions that Anianus was a cobbler who repaired his sandals. Some modern sources suggest he was a noble, although this would not agree with the story of his conversion as told to us by Saint Mark.
- Agrippinus Of Alexandria
Agrippinus served as Patriarch of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 167 and 178. Bishop of Carthage at the close of the second and beginning of the third century. During his episcopacy the question arose in the African Church as to what should be done with regard to converts from schism or heresy. If they had previously been Catholics, ecclesiastical discipline held them subject to penance.
- Eumenes Of Alexandria
Eumenes served as Patriarch of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 131 and 141.
- Pope Gabriel Of Alexandria
His Holiness Gabriel was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (910 - 921).
- Heraclas Of Alexandria
Heraclas served as the thirteenth Pope of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 232 and 248. He followed Origen as head of the Catechetical School of Alexandria. He has been attributed as the first Bishop of Alexandria to carry the appellation of "Pope". All the clergy of Alexandria and Lower Egypt honored him with the appellation "Papas", which means "Our Father", …
- Pope Abraham Of Alexandria
Pope Abraham of Alexandria was Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church from 975 to 978. He is considered a saint by the Copts, who hold his feast on 6 Kiyakh.
- Pope Michael Of Alexandria
His Holiness Michael (also known as Khail) was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (743 - 767). When Pope Michael was thrown into prison by Abd al-Malik, king Kyriakos of Makuria marched north into Egypt at the head of an army said to number 100,000 men to free the Pope of Alexandria. However, once the Makurian army reached Egypt, the Pope was released from prison.
- Celadion Of Alexandria
Celadion served as Patriarch of Alexandria (head of the church that became the Coptic Church and the Orthodox Church of Alexandria) between 152 and 166. He is regarded as a saint by the Coptic Orthodox Church.
- Pope Matthew Of Alexandria
His Holiness Matthew (or Matheos) was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (1378 - 1408). He is revered as a saint by the Coptic Church.