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Pope Damian of Alexandria 35th Pope of Alexandria & Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.Originally from Syria where his brother was a prefect in Edessa he became a monk in his early years and spent sixteen years in the Egyptian desert of Scete where he was ordained a deacon in the monastery of St. John the Short. Afterward he went to a monastery near Alexandria and continued to practice asceticism.When Pope Peter IV of Alexandria was enthroned on the See of St.