Pope_John_XVII_of_Alexandria
Pope John XVII of Alexandria
Head of the Coptic Church from 1727 to 1745
Pope John XVII of Alexandria (Abba Youannis XVII), 105th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.
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Originally from Mallawi in El-Minya in Upper Egypt, joined the Monastery of Saint Paul the Anchorite as a monk and was named Abd el-Sayed[1]