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Pope Maximus of Alexandria

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Pope

Maximus of Alexandria
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
Papacy began9 November 264
Papacy ended22 April 282
PredecessorDionysius
SuccessorTheonas
Personal details
Born
Died(282-04-22)April 22, 282
Egypt
BuriedChurch of the Cave, Alexandria
NationalityEgyptian
DenominationChurch of Alexandria

Pope Maximus of Alexandria, 15th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria. He is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on the 14th day of Baramudah (April 22), and by the Romans on Dec. 27.[1]

References

General
  • Anba Maximus The Fifteenth Pope of Alexandria.
  • Meinardus, Otto F.A. (2002). Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-757-6.
Specific
Titles of the Great Christian Church
Preceded by Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
264—282
Succeeded by