Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria
Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark
Papacy began	489
Papacy ended	30 September 496
Predecessor	Peter III
Successor	John I
Personal details
Born	??? Egypt
Died	30 September 496
Buried	Saint Mark's Church
Nationality	Egyptian
Denomination	Coptic Orthodox Christian
Residence	Saint Mark's Church

Pope Athanasius II of Alexandria, 28th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.

When Pope Peter III of Alexandria died, the bishops, elders and people agreed to ordain Athanasius Patriarch. He retained the post until his death three years and nine months later.

He is commemorated in the Calendar of Saints of the Coptic Church on the 20th day of Thout, the day of his death.^[1]

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1st–4th centuries Roman Empire (30 BCE – 330 CE)	Mark I (founder) Anianus Avilius Kedron Primus Justus Eumenes Markianos Celadion Agrippinus Julian Demetrius I Heraclas Dionysius Maximus Theonas Peter I Achillas Alexander I
4th–7th centuries Byzantine rule (330–642)	Athanasius I Peter II Timothy I Theophilus I Cyril I Dioscorus I Timothy II Peter III Athanasius II John I John II Dioscorus II Timothy III Theodosius I Peter IV Damian Anastasius Andronicus
7th–10th centuries Sasanian (619–629) Second Byzantine rule (629–642) Muslim conquest (639–642) Rashidun Caliphate (642–658) Umayyad Caliphate (659–750) Abbasid Caliphate (750–969)	Benjamin I Agathon John III Isaac Simeon I Alexander II Cosmas I Tawadros I Michael I Mina I John IV Mark II James Simeon II Joseph I Michael II Cosmas II Shenouda I Michael III Gabriel I Cosmas III Macarius I Theophilus II
10th–12th centuries Fatimid Caliphate (969–1171)	Mina II Abraham Philotheos Zacharias Shenouda II Christodoulos Cyril II Michael IV Macarius II Gabriel II Michael V John V
12th–13th centuries Ayyubid dynasty (1171–1250)	Mark III John VI Cyril III
13th–16th centuries Mamluk Sultanate (1250–1517)	Athanasius III John VII Gabriel III John VII Theodosius III John VIII John IX Benjamin II Peter V Mark IV John X Gabriel IV Matthew I Gabriel V John XI Matthew II Gabriel VI Michael VI John XII
16th–18th centuries Ottoman (1517–1805)	John XIII Gabriel VII John XIV Gabriel VIII Mark V John XV Matthew III Mark VI Matthew IV John XVI Peter VI John XVII Mark VII John XVIII
18th–20th centuries French Expedition (1798–1801) Muhammad Ali Dynasty(1805–1882) British Occupaction (1882–1922) Kingdom of Egypt (1922–1952) Arab Republic of Egypt (1952–present)	Mark VIII Peter VII Cyril IV Demetrius II Cyril V John XIX Macarius III Joseph II Cyril VI Shenouda III
21st century	Tawadros II (current)
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