Żywot patriarchy Agathona (661-677) w świetle „Historii koptyjskich patriarchów Aleksandrii”

Abstract

This article presents the life of Agathon and his work for the monophysitic Church of Alexandria against the backdrop of his times. Agathon was the head of the monophysitic Church of Alexandria. He succeeded to the patriarch’s throne in 661. Agathon was the second patriarch, after Benjamin I (622-661), who reigned during Muslim rule in Egypt. Agathon continued the efforts of his predecessor in rebuilding and consolidating the monophysitic Church of Alexandria. This patriarch, like his predecessor, was a monk and had been educated in the monastery of St Macarius. Altogether this monastery gave eighteen patriarchs of Egypt. A disciple of this monastery, Agathon enlarged it and increased the number of monks.