Pope Michael of Alexandria

Saint Michael I of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began	14 September 743
Papacy ended	12 March 767
Predecessor	Theodore I
Successor	Mina I
Personal details
Born	Egypt
Died	12 March 767
Buried	Saint Mark's Church
Nationality	Egyptian
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Christian
Residence	Saint Mark's Church
Sainthood
Feast day	12 March (16 Baramhat in the Coptic Calendar)

Pope Michael I of Alexandria (also known as Khail) was the 46th Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark from 743 to 767.

When Pope Michael was thrown into prison by Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa bin Nusayr, King Kyriakos of Makuria marched north into Egypt at the head of an army said to number 100,000 men to free the Pope of Alexandria. However, once the Makurian army reached Egypt, the Pope was released from prison.

Pope Michael opposed the enthroning of the Bishop Isaac as a Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch after the death of Iwanis I because he was already the Bishop of an eparchy (Harran).

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