Papacy began 26 March 729 Nationality Egyptian Papacy ended 28 May 730 Name Pope I | Successor Theodore Died May 28, 730 AD Term ended May 28, 730 AD | |
Place of burial Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral, Alexandria, Egypt Similar People Pope Peter I of Alexandria, Mark the Evangelist, Pierre Belon | ||
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Pope Cosmas I of Alexandria (Coptic Ⲕⲟⲥⲙⲁⲥ), 44th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Pope Cosmas I was from the town of Abu-Sair. He later became a monk in the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great. He was ordained Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark, against his will, on 30 Paremhat, 445 A.M. (26 March 729)
He prayed to God to let him die and his prayers were answered when departed on 3 Paoni, 446 A.M. (28 May 730), after one year, two months and two days of his enthronement.
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