Mordechai HaKohen of Safed (1523–1598) was a scholar and kabbalist who flourished in the second half of the sixteenth century in Safed.
Mordechai wrote an allegoric-kabalistic commentary on the Pentateuch, entitled Sifte Kohen.
He had to leave Safed due to financial hardships and took up the position of rabbi of Aleppo, Syria in 1570.
[1] This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer and Jacob Zallel Lauterbach (1901–1906).
New York: Funk & Wagnalls.Jewish Encyclopedia bibliography: Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim, s.v.