Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria

Saint

Dioscorus the Great
Saint; Dioscorus the Great
Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
	Coptic icon of St. Dioscorus from the Monastery of Saint Anthony, by Theodore, 13th century
Church	Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
Papacy began	444
Papacy ended	September 454
Predecessor	Cyril "Pillar of Faith"
Successor	Timothy II (Miaphysite); Proterius (Chalcedonian)
Personal details
Born	Alexandria, Egypt
Died	September 454
Buried	Gangra, Paphlagonia; (modern-day Çankırı, Turkey)
Nationality	Roman
Denomination	Oriental Orthodoxy
Residence	Saint Mark's Church
Sainthood
Feast day	7 Thout in the Coptic calendar (4 September in the Julian calendar) (17 September in the Gregorian calendar [from 1901 to 2099])
Venerated in	Oriental Orthodox Churches; Non-Chalcedonian
Shrines	St Mark Cathedral (Cairo, Egypt)

Dioscorus I (Greek: Διόσκορος Α΄ ὁ Ἀλεξανδρείας), also known as Dioscorus the Great, was the pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark who was deposed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. He was recognized as patriarch by the Coptic Church until his death. He died in Gangra, Paphlagonia, in September 454. He is venerated as a saint by the Coptic and other Oriental Orthodox Churches.^[2]

^ "Commemorations for Tout 7". Coptic Orthodox Church Network. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2013.
^ "Tout 7 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium". CopticChurch.net.