Pope Gabriel II of Alexandria
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Pope Gabriel II of Alexandria,
Synaxarion on the 10th day of Parmouti
.
This Pope was from the nobles of Cairo, and was a writer, scribe, and scholar. He transcribed many Arabic and Coptic books. The elders of the people and the clergy chose him for the Patriarchal Chair, and his enthronement was on the 9th day of
Amshir, 847 A.M. (February 3., 1131 A.D.).[1]
When the
Canon law, to select their own Abun or metropolitan bishop, thus curtailing the influence the Patriarch, and thus the Caliph, had over Ethiopia
. Thus, the Emperor's request was declined.