Pope Anianus of Alexandria

The Holy Anianus of Alexandria was the successor of Mark the Evangelist Bishop of Alexandria in the 1st century.

The only sources in which he is mentioned, the apocryphal Acts of St. Mark and the list of the bishops of Alexandria, Eusebius of Caesarea, however, contains only his name.

According to the Coptic legend was Anianus the first Christian in Alexandria: When the evangelist Mark came to Alexandria, he went missing and tore his sandal. He brought them to the shoemaker Anianus. While Anianus with the awl repaired the sandal, he injured his finger and cried out in pain in Greek theos ice, the one God '! This gave Mark the word, he healed the shoemaker asked about his faith and told them about Jesus Christ. Anianus and all his household were baptized. When Mark went to the West, he appointed Anianus for leaders of the church - by Coptic tradition as Patriarch of Alexandria. Anianus made ​​out of his house a church and preached and baptized. After twenty-two years as a minister, he died in peace.

Orthodox and Catholic feast day is April 25 Coptic feast day is day of his death, the 20th Hathor ( 29-30 November. ).