Pope Gabriel VII of Alexandria

Pope Gabriel VII of Alexandria (Anba Gabriel VII) was the 95th Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.

Saint Gabriel VII of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began	1525
Papacy ended	1570
Predecessor	John XIII
Successor	John XIV
Personal details
Born	Manfalout, Egypt
Died	1570 Egypt
Buried	Saint Mercurius Church in Coptic Cairo
Nationality	Egyptian
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Christian
Residence	Church of the Virgin Mary (Haret Zuweila)
Sainthood
Feast day	(10 Epip in the Coptic calendar)

Papal styles of Saint Gabriel VII
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Pope and Patriarch
Posthumous style	Saint

He was born in the area around the monastery of El-Mouharraq, and at a young age he became a monk in the wilderness at the Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great. He was ordained Patriarch in 1525 A.D. following the death of Pope John XIII. Gabriel was patriarch for more than forty years; his patriarchate spanned the early years of Ottoman rule in Egypt.

He renovated the monasteries of Saint Anthony, and Saint Paul, the first hermit, in the Eastern desert, and the monastery of El-Mouharraq in Upper Egypt.

Pope Gabriel died in 1570 following a brief illness.

References

General

• Meinardus, Otto F.A. (2002). Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity. American University in Cairo Press. ISBN 978-977-424-757-6.
• Atiya, Aziz S. The Coptic Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991. ISBN 0-02-897025-X

External links

• The Official website of the Coptic Orthodox Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of All Africa on the Holy See of Saint Mark the Apostle
• Coptic Documents in French