Pope Markianos of Alexandria

{{Short description|Head of the Coptic Church from 141 to 152}}

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| type = Pope

| honorific-prefix = Saint

| name = Markianos of Alexandria

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| title = Patriarch of Alexandria

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| enthroned = 141

| ended = 1 January 152

| predecessor = Eumenes

| successor = Celadion

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| birth_place = Alexandria, Egypt

| death_date = 1 January 152

| death_place = Alexandria, Egypt

| buried = Baucalis, Alexandria

| nationality = Egyptian

| religion = Coptic Orthodox Christian

| feast_day = 6 Tobi

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| alma_mater = Catechetical School of Alexandria

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Pope Markianos was the 8th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria, reigning from 141 to 152.

Markianos was born in Alexandria, Egypt and he was the Dean of The Catechetical School of Alexandria, before being appointed Patriarch in the month of Hathor in the year 141 AD during the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius.

He died on the 6th of Tobi, in the year 152 AD.{{Cite web|title=Toba 6 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium - CopticChurch.net|url=https://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/5_6.html#3|access-date=2021-03-22|website=www.copticchurch.net}}