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1873:Categories
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1750:Paphnutius
1722:Anchorites
1582:Horsiesius
1312:Cosmas III
1292:Michael II
1257:Theodore I
1237:Benjamin I
1232:Andronicus
1227:Anastasius
1192:Timothy II
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1745:Onuphrius
1677:Petronius
1587:Hospitius
1572:Bashnouna
1337:Matthew I
1322:Zacharias
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1297:Cosmas II
1282:Simeon II
1262:Michael I
1197:Peter III
1172:Timothy I
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1107:Markianos
994:Philomena
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1765:Shenouda
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1577:Hilarion
1362:Cyril VI
1347:John XIV
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1287:Joseph I
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1372:Bishops
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1317:Abraham
1272:Mark II
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1687:Poemen
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