St. Boutrus (Peter) Al-Sedmanti

• He was a monk in the monastery of St. George in Jebel Sedmant in the province of Faiyum.

• He was one of the most famous Copts in the era of the Ayyubids state in the 13th century and one of the great theologians of his time; but nothing else is known about his life.

• He is referred to as one of the doctors of the Church.

The Jesuit monk Van Akberg was interested in his writings.

• He left to us as a legacy of about 14 books of great religious and theological value, most of them are in the National Library of Paris, the Vatican Library, and libraries of some monasteries in Lebanon.

• He was primarily a biblical scholar, and his exegetic work on the gospel stands out among miscellaneous writings in Arabic, including some biographies of saints and religious treatises.

• One of his books is called Al-Tashih fi alam al-Masih (Exposition on the Passion of Christ). It reveals and interprets religious truths, and contains much wisdom. It is based on verses from the Bible and provides many logical, intellectual and philosophical proofs on difficult questions in scripture.

• He wrote many letters, of which Spiritual Contemplations is the most important.

Ibn Katib Qaysar / Awlad Al-Assaal

5 ca. 1260