Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria

Saint

Demetrius of Alexandria
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
Bishop Demetrius
ArchdioceseAlexandria
SeeAlexandria
Papacy beganearly 189
Papacy ended9 October c. 224-232
PredecessorSt. Julian of Alexandria
SuccessorSt. Heraclas of Alexandria
Personal details
Bornc. 127 AD
Died9 October c. 224-232
Alexandria, Egypt
BuriedBaucalis, Alexandria
DenominationChurch of Alexandria
ResidenceSaint Mark's Church
Sainthood
Feast dayCoptic Church: 12 Ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲓ (Julian Calendar: 9 October)
Catholic Church: 9 October[1]
Venerated inOriental Orthodox Church
Coptic Catholic Church
Roman Catholic Church
Papal styles of
Pope Demetrius I
Reference styleHis Holiness
Spoken styleYour Holiness
Religious stylePope and Patriarch
Posthumous styleSaint

Demetrius I (died 22 October 232), 12th Bishop and Patriarch of Alexandria. Sextus Julius Africanus, who visited Alexandria in the Bishoprice of Demetrius, places his accession as eleventh bishop from Mark in the tenth year of Roman Emperor Commodus; Eusebius of Caesarea places it in the tenth year of Septimus Severus.[2]


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