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Pope Justus of Alexandria

Head of the Coptic Church from 118 to 129

Field	Value
type	Pope
honorific-prefix	Saint
name	Justus of Alexandria
title	Patriarch of Alexandria
see	Alexandria
enthroned	118
ended	19 June 129
predecessor	Primus
successor	Eumenes
birth_place	Egypt
death_date	19 June 129
death_place	Alexandria, Egypt
buried	Baucalis, Alexandria
nationality	Egyptian
religion	Church of Alexandria
feast_day	19 June (12 Paoni in the Coptic calendar)
alma_mater	Catechetical School of Alexandria

| honorific-prefix = Saint | honorific-suffix = Pope Justus was the sixth Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria.

Justus was an honorable and learned man before his ordination. He was baptized by Mark the Evangelist, along with his father, his mother and others. St. Mark also appointed him as the first Dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria. Anianus, the second patriarch, ordained him a deacon, then a priest, and appointed him to preach and teach the people. He was chosen as patriarch to succeed Primus. He shepherded his people with the best of care for ten years. He died on the 12th of Paoni 129 AD, in the sixteenth year of the reign of Hadrian.

References

"Commemorations for Paona 12". Coptic Church.
"Saint Mark and the Church of Alexandria". L A Copts.

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