Pope Peter IV of Alexandria

{{Short description|Head of the Coptic Church from 567 to 576}}

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| type = Pope

| honorific-prefix = Saint

| name = Peter IV of Alexandria

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| title = Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark

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| enthroned = 25 July 567

| ended = 18 June 576

| predecessor = Theodosius I

| successor = Damian

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| birth_place = Egypt

| death_date = 18 June 576

| death_place = Egypt

| buried = Ennaton, monastery near Alexandria

| nationality = Egyptian

| religion = Coptic Orthodox Christian

| residence = Saint Mark's Church

| feast_day = 18 June (25 Paoni in the Coptic calendar)

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Peter IV was the 34th Coptic Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria{{Cite web |url=http://popekirillos.net/ar/fathersdictionary/read.php?id=552 |title=Fathers of Coptic Church in Arabic |access-date=2007-05-06 |archive-date=2016-03-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190813/http://popekirillos.net/ar/fathersdictionary/read.php?id=552 |url-status=dead }} from 567 to 576. Peter IV succeeded the exiled Pope Theodosius I on the latter's death in 567.[http://www.copticchurch.org/Baounah.htm Copticchurch.org] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080226023350/http://www.copticchurch.org/Baounah.htm |date=2008-02-26 }}

Because the Melkites were in control of Alexandria at the time, Peter IV lived in exile in the Enaton monastic complex.{{citation |author=Andreas Juckel |title=The Enaton |encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition |editor1=Sebastian P. Brock |editor-link=Sebastian P. Brock |editor2=Aaron M. Butts |editor3=George A. Kiraz |editor3-link=George A. Kiraz |editor4=Lucas Van Rompay |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/The-Enaton |publisher=Gorgias Press |year=2011 |access-date=23 October 2019}}.