MACARIUS (CYRIL V). - A united Coptic priest, born at Scenaineh (diocese of Thebes, Egypt) on 19 February 1867, died at Beirut on 18 May 1921. From 17 March 1895 patriarchal vicar of the united Copts, on 19 June 1899 he became Coptic Catholic patriarch of Alexandria under the name Cyril V. Following disagreements with the Holy See, in 1908 he had to resign and went over to the dissidents; but on 9 March 1912 he made his public retraction.

While a Catholic, M. wrote the two works: L'Eglise copte, sa foi d'aujourd'hui comparée avec la foi de ses Pères (Cairo 1893); Histoire de l'Eglise alexandrine (ibid. 1894). During the period of his estrangement from the Church of Rome he composed the treatise, published in Switzerland immediately after his death, La constitution divine de l'Eglise (Bern 1922).

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BIBL.: R. Janin, Les Eglises orientales et les rites orientaux, Paris 1926, p. 599; C. de Clerq, Les Eglises unies d'Orient, ibid. 1934, p. 137.

Maurizio Gardillo

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Macarius (Cyril V)

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