Pope John XVII of Alexandria (Abba Youannis XVII),
105th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
Originally from
Mallawi in El-Minya in
Upper Egypt
Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south.
In ancient E ...
, joined the
Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite as a monk and was named Abd el-Sayed
Fathers and saints of Coptic church in Arabic
/ref>
References
John XVII of Alexandria
1745 deaths
18th-century Christian monks
{{OrientalOrthodox-clergy-stub