Gabriel II Ibn Turayk (1084-1145)
GABRIEL II IBN TURAYK (1084-1145) A Patriarch (70th, 1131-1145). Abu al-‘Ala’ Sa‘id ibn Turayk was a learned, generous, and pious layman who served as an administrator in various government bureaus before being chosen, in 1131, to be the 70th patriarch of the Coptic Orthodox Church under the name Gabriel. During his patriarchate he issued a …