[2] It was ultimately compiled in the tenth century in Arabic by the Coptic bishop of Hermopolis, Severus Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ.
But from the 6th century onwards, the biographies grow longer and often seem to derive from documents written by eyewitnesses of the events recorded.
In the tenth century, the Coptic bishop of Hermopolis, Severus Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ, compiled the book in Arabic.
Severus also relates the famous miracle of moving the Mokattam Mountain during the ruling of the Fatimid Caliph Al-Muizz around 975 (as an eyewitness of that period).
[5] The first half of the Arabic text was edited and translated into English by Basil Thomas Alfred Evetts under the title History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria.