Pope Peter IV of Alexandria
- Pope Peter IV of Alexandria
Pope Peter IV of Alexandria was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria (565 - 569). [ [http://popekirillos.net/ar/fathersdictionary/read.php?id=552 Fathers of Coptic Church in Arabic] ]
Pope Peter IV succeeded Pope Theodosius I of Alexandria , who was the last to be recognised by both Oriental and Eastern Orthodox Churches as the Patriarch of Alexandria but was later Pope Theodosius was exiled by the orders of Emperor Vespasian because he did not agree with him on the resolutions of the Council of Chalcedon [ [http://www.copticchurch.org/Baounah.htm Copticchurch.org] ] . Pope Theodosius spent the last 28 years of his life imprisoned in Constantinople and after his death the Egyptians elected Peter IV as his successor [ [http://popekirillos.net/ar/fathersdictionary/read.php?id=552 Fathers of Coptic Church in Arabic] ]
Pope Peter IV was forced to stay out of Alexandria over the dispute with the Eastern Orthodox Emperors regarding Council of Chalcedon.
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