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Pope Markianos of Alexandria

Patriarch of Alexandria from 141 to 152

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Source revisionSep 6, 2026
Entity authorityQ1278123 ↗
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Pope Markianos was the eighth Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, reigning from 141 to 152.

Markianos was born in Alexandria, Egypt and he was the Dean of The Catechetical School of Alexandria, before being appointed Patriarch in the month of Hathor in the year 141 AD during the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius.

He died on the 6th of Tobi, in the year 152 AD.

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Meinardus, Otto F.A. (2002). Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-757-6.

Atiya, Aziz S. The Coptic Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991.

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