Timothy II of Alexandria
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Saint Timothy II of Alexandria | |
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Coptic Orthodox Christian | |
| Residence | Saint Mark's Church |
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| Feast day | 31 July Julian calendar (7 Mesra in the Coptic calendar) |
| Venerated in | Coptic Orthodox Church |
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Pope Timothy II of Alexandria (died 477), also known as Timothy Ailuros (from Greek Αἴλουρος, "cat", because of his small build or in this case probably "weasel"[1]), succeeded twice in supplanting the Chalcedonian patriarch of Alexandria.
Before he became a bishop, Timothy was a monk at the
Dioscorus of Alexandria in 454 by the Miaphysite opponents of the Council of Chalcedon
and became a rival of the pro-Chalcedon bishop Proterius.
According to pro-Chalcedon sources, after Proterius of Alexandria, has been installed as patriarch after the Council of Chalcedon, he was murdered at Timothy's instigation at the baptistery during Easter.[2] In the Anti-Chalcedon Sources, Proterius was murdered on the order of the Byzantine General in Charge of Egypt after a heated exchange [3]
In 460, Emperor
Timothy III Salophakiolos
as patriarch.
In 475, Timothy was brought back to Alexandria by
John of Nikiu, the emperor Zeno sent an officer to summon him, but when the officer arrived, Timothy told him "The emperor will not see my face" and immediately fell ill and died.[4]
References
- ^ Philip Jenkins,Jesus Wars (2010) pp 221
- ^ Philip Jenkins,Jesus Wars (2010) pp 222
- ^ "Zachariah of Mitylene, Syriac Chronicle (1899). Book 4".
- ^ "John, Bishop of Nikiu: Chronicle. London (1916). English Translation".
Sources
- ISBN 9780881410563.
- "Timotheos II, Ailuros (457–460)". Official web site of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- البابا تيموثاوس الثاني [Pope Timothy II] (in Arabic). Official website of St. Takla Haymanot's Church. Retrieved 2011-02-13.