Pope Saint Maximus of Alexandria | |
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Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria | |
Papacy began | 9 November 264 |
Papacy ended | 22 April 282 |
Predecessor | Dionysius |
Successor | Theonas |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | Egypt | April 22, 282
Buried | Church of the Cave, Alexandria |
Nationality | Egyptian |
Denomination | Church of Alexandria |
Sainthood | |
Venerated in | Coptic Orthodoxy Catholic Church |
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]