Pope Zacharias of Alexandria

For other people with the same name, see Zechariah (given name).

Pope Zacharias of Alexandria, was the 64th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.

Saint Zacharias of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began	1004
Papacy ended	22 November 1032
Predecessor	Philotheus
Successor	Shenouda II
Personal details
Born	Alexandria, Egypt
Died	22 November 1032
Buried	Church of the Holy Virgin (Babylon El-Darag)
Nationality	Egyptian
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Christian
Residence	Saint Mark's Church
Sainthood
Feast day	22 November (13 Hathor in the Coptic calendar)

He was a native of Alexandria and was an ordained priest there. He was chaste and gentle in disposition.^{[citation needed]}

According to Abu al-Makarim, writing in the last quarter of the twelfth century, Zacharias was the last Patriarch of Alexandria to send letters to the rulers of Nubia and Ethiopia, having been forbidden to do so by the Fatimid Caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah. Nevertheless, if the Caliph or his vizier received a letter from either ruler, it remained the duty of the Patriarch to write a reply.^[1]

Pope Zacharias was buried in Saint Mary Church (Babylon Al-Darag) in Coptic Cairo.

References

1. B.T.A. Evetts (translator), The Churches and Monasteries of Egypt and Some Neighboring Countries attributed to Abu Salih, the Armenian, with added notes by Alfred J. Butler (Oxford, 1895), p. 290

Preceded by Philotheos	Coptic Pope 1004–1032	Succeeded by Shenouda II