Pope Theophilus of Alexandria
Male, Deceased Person
– 0412
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Who was Pope Theophilus of Alexandria?
Theophilus of Alexandria, 23rd Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
He was a Coptic Pope at a time of conflict between the newly dominant Christians and the pagan establishment in Alexandria, each supported by a segment of the Alexandrian populace. Edward Gibbon described him as "...the perpetual enemy of peace and virtue, a bold, bad man, whose hands were alternately polluted with gold and with blood."
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