Markianos of Alexandria

Saint Markianos, also called Mark II, was the eighth bishop and patriarch of Alexandria, from 141 to 152. He was born in Alexandria and was dean of the Catechetical School before being made patriarch.

He was enthroned in the month of Hathor of the year 141, in the time of the emperor Antoninus Pius. He was worthy of the choice through his virtues and his praiseworthy character. He fulfilled the hopes of those who had chosen him and, after his enthronement, followed the paths of his predecessors, strengthening souls and raising the morale of the faithful, despite the harsh persecutions of the time.

Eusebius of Caesarea mentions him in his Church History as the successor of Eumenes and says he was bishop for ten years, while the later Byzantine and Arab Christian chroniclers call him Marcian. The Alexandrian sources reckon his pastorate at nine years, two months and twenty-⁠six days. He departed to the Lord on the 6th of Tobi (14 January), in the year 152. Other sources give the year 153.