in 1054 AD. They decided that these properties belonging to the Coptic monasteries should be handed over to various princes to supplement their grants. The property of the Church and the monasteries that were confiscated were 25,000 feddans (Hectares). After a great struggle, perseverance, and patience, Pope Mark IV departed on 31 January 1363 AD. 14th-century Coptic Orthodox popes of Alexandria 1363 deaths