Pope Michael V of Alexandria
{{Short description|Head of the Coptic Church from 1145 to 1146}}
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| name = Michael V of Alexandria
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| title = Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
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| enthroned = 29 July 1145
| ended = 29 March 1146
| predecessor = Gabriel II
| successor = John V
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| birth_place = Daqadus, Dakahlia Governorate, Egypt
| death_date = 29 March 1146
| death_place = Egypt
| buried = Monastery of Saint Macarius the Great
| religion = Coptic Orthodox Christian
| residence = The Hanging Church
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Pope Michael V of Alexandria, or Mikha’il V, was the 71st Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 1145 to 1146.{{Cite book |last=Meinardus |first=Otto F.A. |title=Two Thousand Years of Coptic Christianity |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |year=1999 |isbn=9774247574 |pages=273–279 |author-link=Otto Friedrich August Meinardus}}{{Cite book |title=The Coptic Encyclopedia |title-link=Coptic Encyclopedia |publisher=Macmillan Publishers |others=Provided by Claremont Graduate University |year=1991 |editor-last=Atiya |editor-first=Aziz S. |editor-link=Aziz Suryal Atiya |volume=5 |location=New York City |chapter=Michael V |chapter-url=https://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cce/id/1337/rec/7}} During his papacy, he returned the relics of Saint Macarius of Egypt from village of Shabsheer to the Nitrian Desert on 19 Mesori.
He is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on the 3rd day of Parmouti.
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before=Gabriel II|
title=Coptic Pope|
years=1145–1146|
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Category:Coptic Orthodox saints
Category:12th-century Coptic Orthodox popes of Alexandria
Category:People from Dakahlia Governorate
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