List of Coptic saints

St. Abraam

St. Anthony the Great

St. Athanasius the Apostolic

• Aaron, the high priest, and brother of Moses
• Ababius, monk of Scetes
• Abadiu, bishop and martyr of Ansena
• Abakir, John, the 3 Virgins and their Mother, martyrs from Alexandria
• Abakragoun, martyr
• Abāmūn of Tarnūt, martyr
• Abāmūn of Tukh, martyr
• Abanoub, the child martyr
• Abaskhayroun, the soldier, martyr from Qallin
• Abdel Messih El-Habashi, Ethiopian monk of the Paromeos Monastery
• Abdel Messih El-Makari, 20th-century monk of the Monastery of St. Marcarius
• Abib and Apollo, 4th-century monks from Akhmim
• Abraam, abbot of El-Muharraq Monastery, bishop of Fayoum and Giza, noted for his devotion to the poor
• Abraam Anba Samuel, abbot of the Monastery of St. Thomas the Anchorite
• Abraam and George, 7th-century monks of the Monastery of St. Marcarius
• Abraham, 4th-century monk and hermit of Minuf
• Abraham, 4th-century monk of Scetes
• Abraham, 6th-century abbot of the Monastery of St. Phoibammon, and 14th bishop of Hermonthis
• Abraham of Farshut, 6th-century abbot
• Abraham, the 62nd Pope of Alexandria
• Abraham, the poor, the simple, monk
• Abraham, the prophet
• Abratacus (feast day April 16)[1]
• Acacius, bishop of Jerusalem
• Acacius, patriarch of Constantinople
• Achillas, 4th-5th century monk
• Achillas, the 18th Pope of Alexandria
• Aesculapius and Dioscorus, 4th-century ascetes and martyrs of Akhmim
• Agabus, one of the seventy disciples
• Agatho, the 39th Pope of Alexandria
• Agathon, Peter, John, Amun, Amuna & their mother Rebecca, 4th century martyrs from Qus
• Agathon, the stylite spent ten years in Scetes and fifty years in solitude on a pillar
• Agrippinus, the 10th Pope of Alexandria
• Alexander, bishop of Jerusalem
• Alexander I, the 19th Pope of Alexandria
• Alexander II, the 43rd Pope of Alexandria
• Ambrose, theologian and confessor
• Ammonius, bishop of Esna, martyr
• Ammonius, founder of the Monastery of the Martyrs
• Ammonius of Kellia, disciple of St. Pambo of Scetes
• Amos, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• Amun, anchorite and bishop from Scetes
• Anasimon, the anchorite queen
• Anastasia, martyr
• Anastasia the Patrician
• Anastasius, the 36th Pope of Alexandria
• Andrew, the apostle and brother of St. Peter
• Andrianus, the martyr
• Andronicus, the 37th Pope of Alexandria
• Anianus, the 2nd Pope of Alexandria
• Anne (Hannah), the mother of the Theotokos
• Anthony the Great, father of monasticism
• Apakir
• Apollonia, virgin martyr
• Apollo of Bawit, native of Akhmim, founder of the Monastery of St. Apollo at Bawit
• Apollos
• Apraxios, native of Upper Egypt, became a monk at twenty and lived until seventy
• Archiledes
• Ari, priest of Shatanouf
• Arianus, Governor of Ansena who repented after martyring many Christians[2]
• Aristobulus, one of the Seventy Apostles
• Arsenius, slave of St. Sousnyous
• Arsenius, tutor of Arcadius & Honorius, the sons of Emperor Theodosius the Great
• Athanasius, metropolitan of Beni Suef and El-Bahnasa
• Athanasius I, the Apostolic, the 20th Pope of Alexandria
• Athanasius II, the 28th Pope of Alexandria
• Athanasius III, the 76th Pope of Alexandria
• Athanasius and his sister Irene, martyrs
• Athenagoras, the Athenian, apologist, and philosopher
• Avilius, the 3rd Pope of Alexandria
• Awgin, father of Monasticism in Mesopotamia

B

St. Bishoy Kamel

• Babnuda, the anchorite, martyr
• Balamon, the anchorite
• Barbara and Juliana, martyrs
• Barsanuphius, monk, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt
• Barnabas, one of the seventy apostles
• Bartholomew, one of the twelve apostles
• Bashnouna, monk, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 1164
• Basil, bishop of Caesarea
• Basilides and Potamiana, martyrs
• Basilissa, the child martyr
• Basilius, metropolitan of Jerusalem
• Basin and her Children
• Benjamin I, the 38th Pope of Alexandria
• Benjamin II, the 82nd Pope of Alexandria
• Bessarion, disciple of St. Anthony the Great and later St. Macarius the Great
• Bisada, the priest, martyr
• Bishoy Kamel, the hegumen
• Butamina, the chaste virgin, martyr

C

St. Cyril VI

• Candidus, commander of the Theban Legion
• Cassius and Florentius, members of the Theban Legion
• Catherine of Alexandria, virgin martyr
• Celadion, the 9th Pope of Alexandria
• Chiaffredo, member of the Theban Legion
• Christoldoulos, the 66th Pope of Alexandria
• Chrysanthus and Daria, martyrs
• Clement of Alexandria, the 5th Dean of Catechetical School of Alexandria
• Cleopas, the apostle and bishop of Jerusalem
• Cleopatra
• Colluthus, of Antinoöpolis, martyr
• Constantine, the Emperor of the Roman Empire
• Cosmas I, the 44th Pope of Alexandria
• Cosmas II, the 54th Pope of Alexandria
• Cosmas III, the 58th Pope of Alexandria
• Cosmas and Damian, martyrs
• Cyprian and Justina, martyrs
• Cyracuse and Julietta
• Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem
• Cyril I, the 24th Pope of Alexandria
• Cyril II, the 67th Pope of Alexandria
• Cyril III, the 75th Pope of Alexandria
• Cyril IV, the 110th Pope of Alexandria
• Cyril V, the 112th Pope of Alexandria
• Cyril VI, the 116th Pope of Alexandria
• Cyrus and John, unmercenary physicians, wonderworkers, martyrs

D

• Dabamon

St. Demetrius

St. Demiana and the 40 Virgins

• Damian, the 35th Pope of Alexandria
• Daniel, the hegumen of Scetes during the 6th-century
• Daniel, the prophet
• Dasya, the soldier, 3rd-century martyr from Tanda
• David, the prophet and king
• Demetrius I, the 12th Pope of Alexandria
• Demetrius II, the 111th Pope of Alexandria
• Demiana and the 40 Virgins,
• Didymus the Blind, the 15th Dean of Catechetical School of Alexandria
• Dionysius, the 14th Pope of Alexandria
• Dioscorus I, the 25th Pope of Alexandria
• Dioscorus II, the 31st Pope of Alexandria
• Dorothea of Alexandria, virgin martyr

F

Sts. Felix, Regula, Exuperantius

• Faltaous, martyr
• Faltaous El-Souriani, the desert eagle, 21st-century monk
• Fana, the hermit, founder of Monastery of Saint Fana
• Faustus, Abibus and Dionysius of Alexandria, martyrs
• Febronia, the ascetic, virgin, martyr
• Felix the Pope of Rome[3]
• Felix and Regula, members of the Theban Legion
• Freig (Tegi or Ruwais), 15th-century Egyptian

G

St. Gregory of Nyssa

• Gabriel I, the 57th Pope of Alexandria
• Gabriel II, the 70th Pope of Alexandria
• Gabriel III, the 78th Pope of Alexandria
• Gabriel IV, the 86th Pope of Alexandria
• Gabriel V, the 88th Pope of Alexandria
• Gabriel VI, the 91st Pope of Alexandria
• Gabriel VII, the 95th Pope of Alexandria
• Gabriel VIII, the 97th Pope of Alexandria
• Bishop Gabriel Abdel El-Metgaly, Bishop and martyr
• Gallicanus, bishop of Pelusium, martyr
• Gallicanus, martyr
• Gelasius, monk of Shiheet
• George, the ascetic
• George, the prince of martyrs
• George of Alexandria, martyr
• George El Mozahem, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 969
• George the new martyr
• Gereon, member of the Theban Legion
• Ghalion, the anchorite
• Gideon one of the Judges of Israel
• Gregory, the ascetic
• Gregory, the illuminator, patriarch of Armenia
• Gregory, the theologian, bishop of Nyssa, brother of St. Basil the Great
• Gregory, the wonder-worker, bishop of Neocaesarea
• George, Bishop of Assiut, martyr

H

St. Heraclas

• Habakkuk, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• Habib Girgis, dean of Catechetical School of Alexandria
• Hadid, the priest
• Haggai, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• Hannah, the prophetess, mother of Samuel the prophet
• Hedra, the anchorite, bishop of Aswan
• Helena, empress, built numerous churches in Egypt
• Hepatius, bishop of Gangra
• Heraclas, the 13th Pope of Alexandria
• Heraclides, the martyr
• Hermina, the anchorite
• Hezekiah, the king
• Hilaria, daughter of Emperor Zeno, lived disguised as a monk
• Hilarion, the anchorite of Palestine
• Hor, the ascetic, disciple of St. Pachomius
• Hor, Besoy, and Daydara, martyr
• Hor and Susia and their children, and Agathon the hermit, martyrs at Tamouh
• Hosea, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• Hour and his mother Theodora, martyrs
• Hour El-Siriakousy, martyr
• Hripsime, (Arbasima), Third Century Armenian martyr

I

St. Isidore of Pelusium

• Ibrahim, the anchorite
• Ibrahim El-Gohary, formal prime minister of Egypt, built numerous churches
• Ignatius, patriarch of Antioch, martyr
• Irene, daughter of a pagan king
• Irini, the abbess of St. Mercurius Convent in Old Cairo
• Isaac, the 41st Pope of Alexandria
• Isaac of Hourin
• Isaac of Nineveh (i.e. Isaac the Syrian)
• Isaac of Scetes, the disciple of St. Apollo
• Isaac of Tiphre
• Isaac, the hermit
• Isaac, the priest of El-Qalali
• Isaiah, the prophet
• Isidore, friend of Sina the soldier, martyr
• Isidore of Pelusium, ascetic and scholar, relative of Theophilus of Alexandria and Cyril of Alexandria, the father of confession of Moses the Black

J

St. John Chrysostom

St. John Colobos

• James, the 50th Pope of Alexandria
• Jacob of Nisibis, bishop of Nisibis, spiritual father of St. Ephrem the Syrian
• James, the apostle and martyr, brother of John the Apostle
• James, the apostle and martyr, son of Alphaeus
• James, the ascetic
• James, bishop of Cairo
• James of Manug
• James, bishop of Jerusalem
• Jeremiah, the prophet
• Jerome, the priest, theologian, and historian
• Joachim, the grandfather of Christ
• Joel, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• John I, the 29th Pope of Alexandria
• John II, the 30th Pope of Alexandria
• John III, the 40th Pope of Alexandria
• John IV, the 48th Pope of Alexandria
• John V, the 72nd Pope of Alexandria
• John VI, the 74th Pope of Alexandria
• John VII, the 77th Pope of Alexandria
• John VIII, the 80th Pope of Alexandria
• John IX, the 81st Pope of Alexandria
• John X, the 85th Pope of Alexandria
• John XI, the 89th Pope of Alexandria
• John XII, the 93rd Pope of Alexandria
• John XIII, the 94th Pope of Alexandria
• John XIV, the 96th Pope of Alexandria
• John XV, the 99th Pope of Alexandria
• John XVI, the 103rd Pope of Alexandria
• John XVII, the 105th Pope of Alexandria
• John XVIII, the 107th Pope of Alexandria
• John XIX, the 113th Pope of Alexandria
• John, 7th-century hegumen of Scetes
• John, the forerunner, baptist and martyr
• John, bishop of El-Borollos, who gathered the Synaxarion
• John, bishop of Nikiu
• John, the evangelist
• John Chrysostom, the golden month
• John Colobos, the short, one of the desert fathers
• John of Egypt, the anchorite
• John Kame, the priest
• John of Patmos, the author of the Book of Revelation
• John of Senhout, martyr
• Jonah, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• Joseph, the 52nd Pope of Alexandria
• Joseph II, the 115th Pope of Alexandria
• Julian, the 11th Pope of Alexandria
• Julietta, martyr
• Julius of Aqfahs, the martyr and author of the biography of martyrs
• Justus, the 6th Pope of Alexandria

M

St. Maurice

St. Mercurius

St. Moses the Black

• Macarius I, the 59th Pope of Alexandria
• Macarius II, the 69th Pope of Alexandria
• Macarius III, the 114th Pope of Alexandria
• Macarius of Alexandria, the abbot of the Coptic Monasteries
• Macarius, bishop of Edkow (Tkoou), martyr
• Macarius of Egypt, lamp of the desert, founder of several monasteries, including the Monastery of St. Macarius
• Malachi, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• Malati, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 1803
• Marina, the monk
• Mark I, the apostle, evangelist, martyr, author of the Gospel of Mark, and the 1st Pope of Alexandria
• Mark II, the 49th Pope of Alexandria
• Mark III, the 73rd Pope of Alexandria
• Mark IV, the 84th Pope of Alexandria
• Mark V, the 98th Pope of Alexandria
• Mark VI, the 101st Pope of Alexandria
• Mark VII, the 106th Pope of Alexandria
• Mark VIII, the 108th Pope of Alexandria
• Markianos, the 8th Pope of Alexandria
• Martha of Egypt, formerly a prostitute, she became an ascetic and lived for 25 years in the wilderness
• Mary, the ascetic, the shut-in
• Mary of Egypt, the anchorite
• Mary Magdalene
• Margaret the Virgin, virgin-Martyr and Vanquisher of Demons
• Maspero Martyrs, killed in 2011
• Matra, martyr from Alexandria
• Matruna, the martyr
• Matthew, the apostle, evangelist, and martyr
• Matthew I, the 87th Pope of Alexandria
• Matthew II, the 90th Pope of Alexandria
• Matthew III, the 100th Pope of Alexandria
• Matthew IV, the 102nd Pope of Alexandria
• Matthew the Poor, 20th-century monk, theologian, and author of 181 books
• Matthias, apostle
• St. Maurice, commander of the Theban Legion
• Maximus, the 15th Pope of Alexandria
• Maximus and Domatius, monks of Paromeos Monastery, disciples of Macarius of Egypt
• Melitina, the virgin and martyr
• Menas, the martyr and wonder-worker
• Menas, of Akhmim, monk and martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt
• Mercurius, the Saint with two swords
• Mercurius and Ephraem, monks, martyrs
• Memnon, Wonder worker and saint
• Micah, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• Michael, bishop of Naqadah
• Michael I, the 46th Pope of Alexandria
• Michael II, the 53rd Pope of Alexandria
• Michael III, the 56th Pope of Alexandria
• Michael IV, the 68th Pope of Alexandria
• Michael V, the 71st Pope of Alexandria
• Michael VI, the 92nd Pope of Alexandria
• Michael at-Tukhi, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 1837
• Mikhail Ibrahim, the priest
• Mikhaeil, metropolitan of Asyut
• Mina Ava-Mina, the bishop and first abbot the Monastery of St. Mina, disciple of St. Cyril VI
• Mina, bishop of Tamai (Thmoui)
• Mina I, the 47th Pope of Alexandria
• Mina II, the 61st Pope of Alexandria
• Misael, the anchorite of the Monastery of St. Samuel the Confessor
• Mohrael, child martyr
• Moura, martyr
• Moses, the prophet, former prince of Egypt
• Moses the Black, the strong, once a robber, he was converted and joined the monks under St. Isidore in the Wadi el-Natrun
• Mousa, the anchorite

O

St. Onuphrius the Anchorite

• Obadiah, one of the minor twelve minor prophets
• Olaghi, the anchorite
• Onesimus, the disciple of St. Paul
• Onesiphorus, one of the seventy apostles
• Onuphrius, the anchorite, one of the desert fathers (also called, Abba Nofer)
• Otimus, the priest

P

St. Pakhom

St. Parsoma

St. Poemen

• Pakhom, the father of cenobitic monasticism (i.e. of the Koinonia)
• Pa’esia (Athanasia) of Minuf
• Pambo, one of the desert father
• Pantaenus, the 4th Dean of Catechetical School of Alexandria
• Pantaleon, the physician and martyr
• Paphnutius, 10th-century bishop
• Paphnutius, the anchorite, disciple of St. Macarius of Egypt
• Paphnutius, bishop of Thebaid
• Philomena, Virgin, Martyr
• Parsoma, the "naked"
• Patapios, Desert Father, Hermit
• Paul, the Apostle
• Paul of Tamouh, 4th-century hermit
• Paul of Thebes, the first anchorite, the first hermit
• Paul the Simple, disciple of Anthony the Great
• Peter, the brother of Andrew the Apostle
• Peter I, the 17th Pope of Alexandria
• Peter II, the 21st Pope of Alexandria
• Peter III, the 27th Pope of Alexandria
• Peter IV, the 34th Pope of Alexandria
• Peter V, the 82nd Pope of Alexandria
• Peter VI, the 104th Pope of Alexandria
• Peter VII, the 109th Pope of Alexandria
• Peter Elrahawy, bishop of Gaza
• Philemon, the priest
• Philip, one of the twelve apostles
• Philip, one of the seven deacons
• Philogonus, patriarch of Antioch
• Philotheos, the 63rd Pope of Alexandria
• Philotheos, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 1380
• Philoxenous
• Phoebammon (Aba-Fam), the soldier, martyr from Awsim
• Pigol, founder of the White Monastery
• Pijimi, the anchorite, one of the desert fathers
• Pisentios
• Pishay, founder of the Red Monastery
• Pishoy, the righteous and perfect man, the beloved of our good savior, the star of the desert
• Pisora, the bishop of Masil, martyr
• Poemen, one of the desert fathers at Scetes
• Porphyrius, bishop of Gaza
• Primus, the 5th Pope of Alexandria
• Prochorus, one of the seven deacons
• Prophorius (Porphyrius), jester martyred by Emperor Julian the Apostate after a mock baptism he refused to disown[4]
• Protus and Hyacinth, martyrs
• Psote, bishop of Ebsay

S

St. Severus

St. Sidhom Bishay

St. Simon

• Salib, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt
• Samson, one of the judges of Israel
• Samuel the Confessor, abbot of the El-Qualamon Monastery
• Samuel the Prophet
• Sana the soldier
• Sarah, the nun of Upper Egypt
• Sarah, one of the Desert Mother
• Sarah and her two Sons, martyr
• Sarapamon, archpriest of the Monastery St. John the Dwarf
• Sarapamon, bishop of Niku
• Sarapamon, the veiled, bishop of El-Monufia
• Savories
• Serapion, bishop of Thmuis, disciple of St. Anthony the Great and St. Athanasius the Apostolic
• Serapion, the monk
• Sergius and Bacchus, martyrs
• Severianus, bishop of Gabala
• Severus, bishop of Ashmunein, historian
• Severus, patriarch of Antioch
• Shenouda, the Archimandrite, abbot of the White Monastery
• Shenouda I, the 55th Pope of Alexandria
• Shenouda II, the 65th Pope of Alexandria
• Shenouda III, the 117th Pope of Alexandria
• Sidhom Bishay, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt in 1844
• Silas, the anchorite
• Silvanus of Scetes, friend of St. Macarius the Great
• Simeon I, the 42nd Pope of Alexandria
• Simeon II, the 51st Pope of Alexandria
• Simeon, of Menouf, martyr during the Islamic occupation of Egypt
• Simon, the apostle and martyr
• Simon, the stylite
• Simon, the tanner, he moved the Mokattam mountain
• Sina, the soldier, martyr
• Sinouti el-Bahnasa, martyr
• Sisoes the Great, one of the desert fathers
• Sophia of Egypt, martyr
• Sousenyos, martyr
• Stephanos, the anchorite of the wilderness of Fayoum
• Stephen, the archdeacon, protomartyr
• Stephen, the priest & Niketa the martyr
• Stratios, the anchorite

T

Theotokos, Saint Mary

• Tamada and her children, and Armenius and his mother
• Tekle Haymanot, the Ethiopian
• Thecla, the martyr
• Theoclia, martyr
• Theodora and Didymus, martyrs
• Theodora, 4th-century nun at the convent near Alexandria
• Theodora, chaste virgin martyr
• Theodora, the monk
• Theodore, disciple of St. Pakhomius
• Theodore the Martyr
• Theban Legion, is entire Roman legion of 6666 men
• Theodore, the prince of Mishreke
• Theodore, the prince of Shotb
• Theodoros I, the 45th Pope of Alexandria
• Theodorus, disciple of St. Pachomius
• Theodosius I, the 33rd Pope of Alexandria
• Theodosius II, the 79th Pope of Alexandria
• Theognosta, the virgin
• Theonas, the 16th Pope of Alexandria
• Theophilus I, the 23rd Pope of Alexandria
• Theophilus II, the 60th Pope of Alexandria
• Theophilus, the monk of the Ennaton monastery near Alexandria
• Theophilus & His Wife, martyr in Fayyum
• Theopista, took it upon herself to become a nun and honored with the holy Eskeem
• Theotokos, the pure, full of glory, ever-virgin, Saint Mary, who in truth, gave birth to God the Logos
• Thomas, the apostle and martyr
• Thomas, the anchorite of Shinshif
• Thomas, Victor, & Isaac, of the city of Ashmunein
• Timon, one of the seven deacons
• Timothy, the anchorite
• Timothy, the apostle, bishop, and martyr
• Timothy, bishop of Ansena
• Timothy I, the 22nd Pope of Alexandria
• Timothy II, the 26th Pope of Alexandria
• Timothy III, the 32nd Pope of Alexandria
• Titus, the apostle, and disciple of St. Paul

• Cherubim
• Seraphim
• Archangel Michael
• Archangel Gabriel
• Archangel Raphael
• Archangel Suriel
• Archangel Sedakiel
• Archangel Sarathiel
• Archangel Ananiel
• Four Incorporeal Creatures
• Twenty-Four Presbyters

• 7 Martyrs on the Mount of St. Anthony
• 12 Martyrs of Naqlun
• 21 Martyrs of Libya
• 49 Martyrs of Shiheet
• 150 Men and 24 Women from Ansena
• 400 Martyrs in Dendera
• 3,600 Martyrs of Esna
• 6,600 Egyptian Soldiers of the Theban Legion
• 8,140 Martyrs in Akhmim
• 144,000 Children of Bethlehem
• 21 Martyrs of Libya

Atiya, Aziz S. The Coptic Encyclopedia. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co., 1991. ISBN 0-02-897025-X