Dioscorus I, also known as Dioscorus the Great, was the pope of Alexandria and patriarch of the See of St. Mark who was deposed by the Council of Chalcedon in 451. He was recognized as patriarch by th
Coptic icon of St. Dioscorus from the Monastery of Saint Anthony, by Theodore, 13th century
Fresco of Dioscuros of Alexandria in the Syrian Monastery, He was intentionally depicted on a column, to signify his status as "Column of Faith", along with St.Severus of Antioch, Oriental Orthodoxy's most fierce defender.
Cyril of Alexandria
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Cyril of Alexandria was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444. He was enthroned when the city was at the height of its influence and power within the Roman Empire. Cyril wrote extensively and wa
Pope Dioscorus I of Alexandria
…although it is known that he was not a Copt. Dioscorus served as the dean of the Catechetical School of Alexandria, and was the personal secretary of Cyril of Alexandria, whom he accompanied to the Council of Ephesus in 431. He eventually rose to the position of archdeacon. He had been made Cyril's designated successor…
Fresco in the Chora, 14th century
Icon of Saint Cyril by Emmanuel Tzanes - 1654.
Icon of St. Cyril of Alexandria
Cretan Icon of Saints Cyril and Athanasius of Alexandria, 16th–17th Century