Theodore Scribo of Alexandria

Saint Theodore I Scribo, hieromartyr, was Greek patriarch of Alexandria between 607 and 609, appointed by the emperor Phocas, and was killed in the time of the revolt of Heraclius. The Church commemorates him on 3 December, by the old calendar.

He occupied the see in a troubled time, when the future emperor Heraclius was preparing in Egypt for his rising against the usurper Phocas. His patriarchate was short. Theodore I succeeded Eulogius I in the see and was succeeded by John V the Merciful. The sources disagree about his death. According to one, he was killed in 609 by his adversaries, by which the Monophysites are most likely meant. According to another, he opposed the Heraclian revolt and was killed in the conflict. According to a Greek source, he was horribly tortured and died by beheading. According to the Serbian source, soon after he was elected archbishop of Alexandria he converted a great number of worshippers of the Greek gods to Christianity with inspired sermons, and for this he was arrested, tortured and finally put to death by beheading. He was buried in Alexandria. He was canonized as a hieromartyr.