Pope Gabriel VII of Alexandria

Saint

Gabriel VII of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began1525
Papacy ended1570
PredecessorJohn XIII
SuccessorJohn XIV
Personal details
Born
Manfalout, Egypt
Died1570
Egypt
BuriedSaint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo
NationalityEgyptian
DenominationCoptic Orthodox Christian
ResidenceChurch of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila)
Sainthood
Feast day(10 Epip in the Coptic calendar)
Papal styles of
Saint Gabriel VII
Reference styleHis Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious stylePope and Patriarch
Posthumous styleSaint

Pope Gabriel VII of Alexandria (Anda Gabriel VII) was the 95th Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.

He was born in the area around the monastery of El-Mouharraq, and at a young age he became a monk in the wilderness at the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great. He was ordained Patriarch in 1525 A.D. following the death of Pope John XIII. Gabriel was patriarch for more than forty years; his patriarchate spanned the early years of Ottoman rule in Egypt.

He renovated the monasteries of Saint Anthony, and Saint Paul, the first hermit, in the Eastern desert, and the monastery of El-Mouharraq in Upper Egypt.

Pope Gabriel died in 1570 following a brief illness.