– Was a shepherd in his youth
– A woman liked him and tried to seduce him by saying, “I like your eyebrows” so, he did not have any choice but to shave his eyebrows (a wonderful story of purity)
– Was a monk in the Muharraq Monastery with the name Matthew (Matta) and when he was chosen to be the Patriarch he was called Al-Miskeen (The Poor)
– Some foreigners attacked Alexandria, raided it and raped the women sparking persecution against the Copts
– A rumor was said against the Pope that he urged the Emperor of Ethiopia to destroy Mecca, so the sultan ordered to arrest him
– When the Pope learned of what is going to happen to him, he interceded the Virgin to take his spirit without shedding of blood that his people may not suffer
