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Saint Joseph I of Alexandria (Abba Yousab) 52nd Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St. Mark.He was the son of one of the rich nobles of Menouf Egypt. When his parents departed and left him certain believers raised him. When he grew up he gave most of his money as alms then went to the desert of St. Macarius the Great and became monk with a holy old man. When Abba Marcus II became the 49th Pope of Alexandria and heard about Yousab’s conduct he called him.