Pope Simeon I of Alexandria

Pope Simeon I of Alexandria (fl. 695), 42nd Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.

Saint Simeon I of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began	19 December 692
Papacy ended	699
Predecessor	Isaac
Successor	Alexander II
Personal details
Born	Syria
Died	699 Egypt
Buried	Saint Mark's Church
Nationality	Syrian
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Christian
Residence	Saint Mark's Church
Sainthood
Feast day	(24 Abib in the Coptic calendar)

The first pope elected from among the Syrians to the See of St. Mark was Pope Simeon I. He was a monk in the Pateron Monastery (Deir Al-Zugag). The Synaxarium links Simeon to his Syrian heritage by mentioning to his readers that Severus of Antioch was buried in the monastery. The Synaxarium attests to his saintly life. There were two attempts to poison Pope Simeon and he survived both of them. Pope Simeon was a great reformer. He fought very fiercely against a new trend among Coptic men who began emulating the Arabs by taking more than one wife.

Preceded by Isaac	Coptic Pope 692–700	Succeeded by Alexander II

External links

• Coptic-Syriac Relations beyond Dogmatic Rhetoric
• Coptic Live of Saints- 24 Abib:- Departure of St. Simeon I, 42nd Pope of Alexandria.