Names
Benjamin of Alexandria↗ ብንያሚ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘእለእስክንድርያ፡↗ normalized: Bǝnyāmi liqa ṗāṗṗāsāt za-ʾƎllaskǝndǝrǝyā↗
Period of Activity
He was the 38th Coptic patriarch of Alexandria, the office which he held since 623 until his death. In the Ethiopian tradition the writings attributed to "Benjamin of Alexandria" are rare, but can be found i. a. in Bǝḥerāwi Kǝllǝlāwi Mangǝśti Tǝgrāy, ʿUrā Qirqos, UM-037 or in Hāymānota ʾabaw.
Death
662
Author of
- Hāymānota ʾabaw, Extract from the 16th Paschal letter of Benjamin of Alexandria , Patriarch of Alexandria attributed.
Commemoration
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Names
- Benjamin of Alexandria en
- ብንያሚ፡ ሊቀ፡ ጳጳሳት፡ ዘእለእስክንድርያ፡ gez
Dates
Death: 662
Occupation
patriarch
Residence
Faith
Coptic
Nationality
Egypt
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Pietro Maria Liuzzo, Eugenia Sokolinski, Marcin Krawczuk, ʻBenjamin of Alexandriaʼ, in Alessandro Bausi, ed., Die Schriftkultur des christlichen Äthiopiens und Eritreas: Eine multimediale Forschungsumgebung / Beta maṣāḥǝft (Last Modified: 8.4.2021) https://betamasaheft.eu/persons/PRS2659Benjamin [Accessed: 2024-05-04+02:00]
Revisions of the data
- Marcin Krawczuk Marcin Krawczuk: Updated record on 8.4.2021
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: removed occupation containing St, Saint, bibl, biblical or prophet, added keyword. See https://github.com/BetaMasaheft/Documentation/issues/1104 on 27.3.2019
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: batch updated according to requirements and issues. on 28.4.2016
- Pietro Maria Liuzzo Pietro Maria Liuzzo: Created file from google spreadsheet on 21.3.2016
- Eugenia Sokolinski Eugenia Sokolinski: CREATED: person on 9.2.2016
Attributions of the contents
Pietro Maria Liuzzo, contributor
Eugenia Sokolinski, contributor
Marcin Krawczuk, contributor