Agathon of Alexandria

Also: Pope Agathon, Agatho

Born: the year and the place are not known. Died probably between 677 and 681, probably in Alexandria, Egypt.

Thirty-ninth Coptic patriarch of Alexandria, in the first decades of Arab rule.

Wrote in Coptic.

Places lived

661 to 677Alexandria, Egyptpatriarchyears probable, place probable

Works

1 work, in the order they were written. 1 work can be read here.

Filed here, not written by Agathon of Alexandria

These texts are about this person, hold what this person said, or carry this name without good reason. Each page says which.

Life of Agathon (History of the Patriarchs) about or from this personabout 715 (Coptic source) · place not known · lifeThe chapter on Patriarch Agathon from the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, which survives in Arabic.1,822 words

How we know the dates and places

Born not known: B. Evetts, History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, part 3 (Patrologia Orientalis 5, 1910), https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severus_hermopolis_hist_alex_patr_03_part3.htm; Coptic Encyclopedia, "Agathon of Alexandria"
Place of birth not known: B. Evetts, History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, part 3 (Patrologia Orientalis 5, 1910), https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severus_hermopolis_hist_alex_patr_03_part3.htm; Coptic Encyclopedia, "Agathon of Alexandria"
The History of the Patriarchs says he was from the Mareotis district.
Died probable: B. Evetts, History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, part 3 (Patrologia Orientalis 5, 1910), https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severus_hermopolis_hist_alex_patr_03_part3.htm; Coptic Encyclopedia, "Agathon of Alexandria"
Evetts gives 661 to 677 for his years as patriarch. Other lists give 665 to 681.
Place of death probable: B. Evetts, History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, part 3 (Patrologia Orientalis 5, 1910), https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severus_hermopolis_hist_alex_patr_03_part3.htm; Coptic Encyclopedia, "Agathon of Alexandria"
Alexandria, years probable: B. Evetts, History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, part 3 (Patrologia Orientalis 5, 1910), https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severus_hermopolis_hist_alex_patr_03_part3.htm; Coptic Encyclopedia, "Agathon of Alexandria"
Alexandria, place probable: B. Evetts, History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria, part 3 (Patrologia Orientalis 5, 1910), https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/severus_hermopolis_hist_alex_patr_03_part3.htm; Coptic Encyclopedia, "Agathon of Alexandria"