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Head of the Coptic Church from 729 to 730
Pope Cosmas I of Alexandria
(
Coptic
??????
),
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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