Peter I of Alexandria
Saint Pope Peter of Alexandria | |
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Seal of the Martyrs | |
Church | Church of Alexandria |
Archdiocese | Alexandria |
See | Alexandria |
Predecessor | Theonas of Alexandria |
Successor | Achillas of Alexandira |
Personal details | |
Born | 3rd century |
Died | 25 November 311 Alexandria, Egypt |
Sainthood | |
Feast day |
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Venerated in | Vested as a bishop, holding a Gospel Book |
Pope Peter I of Alexandria (
Life
Peter was born and raised in Alexandria. The Coptic Orthodox Church believes that Peter was given by his parents to
In early 300, while on his death bed, Theonas advised the church leaders to choose Peter as his successor, which they did. Peter's time as bishop included the Diocletianic Persecution, which began in 303, and continued intermittently over the next ten years. Forced into exile from the city during the anti-Christian persecutions, Peter traveled through many lands, encouraging his flock by letter, before returning to his city to guide the Alexandrian Church personally during this period. He secretly visited those imprisoned, assisted widows and orphans, and conducted clandestine services.[3]
Accounts of Peter's position during the persecution vary,
Martyrdom
The tenth-century historian
The Patriarch, fearing for the life of his people, advised the soldiers with a plan to smuggle him out of jail by breaking a hole in a certain wall which he would point out. He could then be smuggled out and receive his sentence.
Severus of Ashmumeen describes the moment when the Patriarch was martyred:
And he took off his
Hatur.[6]
Hatur is a month in the
Feast day
Traditionally, in
See also
Notes
- ^ "البابا بطرس الأول خاتم الشهداء - البطريرك رقم 17 | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org. Retrieved 2020-05-07.
- ^ Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. .
- ^ a b c Dumitraşcu, Iulian. "Hieromartyr Clement, pope of Rome; Hieromartyr Peter, archbishop of Alexandria", Basilica.Ro., November 24, 2017
- ^ Philip Schaff's History of the Christian Church provides several differing sources on the subject. Volume II: Ante-Nicene Christianity. A.D. 100-325.
- ^ Rubenstein, Richard E. (1999). When Jesus Became God: The Struggle to Define Christianity during the Last Days of Rome, Harcourt. The text links the current suggestions of only one Arius being involved, rather than two people of that name, to the work of W. H. C. Frend in Rise of Christianity, p. 493; see p. 245.
- ^ a b Severus of Al'Ashmunein (Hermopolis). "History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic church of Alexandria, Part 2, Chap. 6: Peter I, the seventeenth patriarch (300-311)". Patrologia Orientalis (1904). 1: 383–518 (pp.119–256 of text). Retrieved 2007-12-08.
References
- "Petros I (300–311)". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved 2011-02-08.