{"slug": "pope-of-the-coptic-orthodox-church", "label": "Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_of_the_Coptic_Orthodox_Church", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q58451", "qid": "Q58451", "description": "leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Egypt", "entries": 8, "years": 8, "span": [43, 1727], "span_label": ["43 CE", "1727 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 4}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Pope of Alexandria", "Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria"], "related": [{"slug": "coptic-orthodox-church", "label": "Coptic Orthodox Church", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "mark-the-evangelist", "label": "Mark the Evangelist", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "christians", "label": "Christians", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "upper-egypt", "label": "Upper Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "africa", "label": "Africa", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 43, "year_label": "43 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "In Coptic Orthodox Christianity, Mark the Evangelist becomes the first Pope of Alexandria, thus establishing the Christian Church in Africa.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373289291#AD_43", "title": "40s", "revid": 1373289291, "section": "Timeline › AD 43"}}, {"year": 68, "year_label": "68 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "April 25", "text": "April 25 – Mark the Evangelist, pope of Alexandria", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1330183058#Deaths", "title": "AD 68", "revid": 1330183058, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 590, "year_label": "590 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Benjamin, Coptic Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria (approximate date)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364753220#Births", "title": "590", "revid": 1364753220, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 616, "year_label": "616 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Anastasius, Coptic Patriarch of Alexandria", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367636041#Deaths", "title": "616", "revid": 1367636041, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 631, "year_label": "631 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Benjamin I, Coptic patriarch of Alexandria, escapes during the persecutions of his fellow Christians and hides in the monastery of St. Macarius (Upper Egypt).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364749921#Religion", "title": "631", "revid": 1364749921, "section": "Events › By topic › Religion"}}, {"year": 689, "year_label": "689 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "John III, Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1350231931#Deaths", "title": "689", "revid": 1350231931, "section": "Deaths"}}, {"year": 1300, "year_label": "1300 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – Egyptian monk Yohanna Ben-Ebsal is ordained as the 80th Pope of the Coptic Orthodox Church and takes the regnal name Pope John VIII, following the death on January 13 of Theodosios III.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363832742#January_–_March", "title": "1300", "revid": 1363832742, "section": "January – March"}}, {"year": 1727, "year_label": "1727 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": "January 12", "text": "January 12 – Abd el-Sayed of Egypt is enthroned, as Pope John XVII of Alexandria becomes the leader of the Coptic Christian Church, as the 105th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the Holy See of St. Mark. He will serve until his death on April 20, 1745.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360176234#January–March", "title": "1727", "revid": 1360176234, "section": "Events › January–March"}}]}