Severus Ibn al-Muqaffa

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Severus ibn al-Muqaffa or Severus of El Ashmunein (died 987) was a Coptic Bishop, author and historian. In Arabic, his name is spelled Sawirus ساويرس. Severus is sometimes confused with Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa.

He was bishop of Hermopolis Magna (Ashmunein), in Upper Egypt, around the end of the tenth century.

Works

Lamp of the Intellect
History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria. This is a compilation said to have been begun by Severus Ibn al-Mukaffa and based on earlier biographical sources. It was continued by others including Michael, bishop of Tinnis (11th century, writing in Coptic, covering 880 to 1046), Mawhub ibn Mansur ibn Mufarrig, deacon of Alexandria., and Pope Mark III of Alexandria (for 1131 to 1167).