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4 unusual facts about Coptic history


Coptic history

St. Jerome records that the Christian School of Alexandria was founded by St. Mark himself.

When reports of this reached the Apostolic Throne of Saint Mark, Pope Saint Cyril I of Alexandria acted quickly to correct this breach with orthodoxy, requesting that Nestorius repent.

Iris Habib Elmasry

As a result, her work is more detailed, and of greater use to both academic and non-academic readers is valuable for any researcher in Coptic history and provides a comprehensive approach to the history of Christianity in Egypt and point of view of the Coptic Church regarding many debatable issue like Council of Chalcedon.

Iris Habib Elmasry (إيريس حبيب المصري) was a prominent Coptic Historian (1910–1994).


Hilde Zaloscer

Prof. Dr. Hilde (Hildegard) Zaloscer (Zaloszer) (1903 Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina – 1999 Vienna, Austria) was an art historian, Egyptologist, Coptologist, essayist, novelist and a prominent expert of Coptic history and art.


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