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Saint
Benjamin I of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began
623
Papacy ended
16 January 662
Predecessor
Andronicus
Successor
Agathon
Personal details
Born
Barshüt, Beheira Governorate, Egypt
Died
16 January 662
Buried
Saint Mark's Church
Nationality
Egyptian
Denomination
Coptic Orthodox Christian
Residence
Saint Mark's Church
Sainthood
Feast day
16 January (8 Toba in the Coptic calendar)
Pope Benjamin I of Alexandria, 38th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark. He is regarded as one of the greatest patriarchs of the Coptic Church. Benjamin guided the Coptic church through a period of turmoil in Egyptian history [1] that included the fall of Egypt to the Sasanian Empire, followed by Egypt's reconquest under the Byzantines, and finally the Arab Islamic Conquest in 642. After the Arab conquest Pope Benjamin, who was in exile, was allowed to return to Alexandria and resume the patriarchate.
^Atiya, Aziz S. The Coptic Encyclopedia. New York:Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991. ISBN 0-02-897025-X.
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