Back Pous Anianus van Alexandrië Afrikaans إنيانوس (بابا الإسكندرية) Arabic انيانوس (بابا اسكندريه) ARZ Аниан Bulgarian Anià d'Alexandria Catalan Anianus von Alexandria German Ανιανός Αλεξανδρείας Greek Aniano de Alejandría Spanish Anianus d'Alexandrie French Anijan Aleksandrijski Croatian
Saint Anianus of Alexandria | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch of Alexandria | |
_-_rilievo_di_Pietro_Lombardo,_1478.jpg) Relief of St. Mark and Anianus by Pietro Lombardo, 1478 | |
| Papacy began | c. 61 |
| Papacy ended | 20 Hathor 86[1] |
| Predecessor | Mark the Evangelist |
| Successor | Avilius |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 62 AD (Bishop of Alexandria) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Anianus |
| Died | 20 Hathor 86 Alexandria, Province of Egypt, Roman Empire |
| Buried | Baucalis, Alexandria |
| Nationality | Roman |
| Denomination | Church of Alexandria |
| Residence | Saint Mark's Church |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 20 Hathor (Coptic Christianity) 25 April (Chalcedonian)[2] |
| Venerated in | Eastern Christianity and Western Christianity |
| Patronage | Cobblers[2] |
Pope Anianus (Greek: Ανιανός, transliterated: Anianós) was the 2nd Patriarch of Alexandria. He was ordained by Saint Mark the Evangelist, and was also the first convert Mark won to Christianity in the region.[3]
- ^ "Hator 20 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium - CopticChurch.net".
- ^ a b Holweck, F. G., A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints. St. Louis, MO:B. Herder Book Co., 1924.
- ^ Atiya, Aziz S.. The Coptic Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991. ISBN 0-02-897025-X.
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