Pope Primus of Alexandria

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Primus of Alexandria
Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
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Papacy began16 June 106
Papacy ended9 August 118
Predecessor Kedron
Successor Justus
Orders
Ordination43 AD. (Priesthood)
Personal details
Born
Died9 August 118
Alexandria, Egypt
Buried Baucalis, Alexandria
Nationality Egyptian
Denomination Church of Alexandria

Pope Primus, also called Aprimos, was the 5th Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria.

He was baptized by Mark the Evangelist. He was one of the three who were ordained priests by Mark, along with Bishop Anianus, the Second Patriarch.

Primus was ascetic, pious, and filled with good deeds. He was appointed patriarch on the 22nd day of Paoni (June 16, 106 A.D.). During his reign, the church was in peace and tranquility. He is commemorated in the Coptic Synaxarion on the 3rd day of Mesra, in the fifth year of the reign of Hadrian.

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    General
    Titles of the Great Christian Church
    Preceded by Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria
    106–118
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