Pope Cosmas III of Alexandria

His Holiness Cosmas III was the Coptic Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark (921 – 933).

According to the History of the Patriarchs of Alexandria, when Abuna Peter of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church had become embroiled in a civil war and went into exile, and the Emperor of Ethiopia requested a new Abuna for his kingdom, Cosmas III refused to ordain a new Abuna because the old one was still alive.