Patriarch of Alexandria
10/18/412 AD appointed
Theophilus died on 15 October 412, and Cyril was made Pope or Patriarch of Alexandria on 18 October, but only after a riot between his supporters and those of his rival Archdeacon Timotheus. According to Socrates Scholasticus, the Alexandrians were always rioting.
Thus, Cyril followed his uncle in a position that had become powerful and influential, rivaling that of the prefect in a time of turmoil and frequently violent conflict between the cosmopolitan city's pagan, Jewish, and Christian inhabitants.
He began to exert his authority by causing the churches of the Novatianists to be closed and their sacred vessels to be seized.
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