Career
Pope Gabriel IV was previously the abbot of the Moharrak Monastery. He was known to be a great scholar and righteous ascetic. He was enthroned on 11 Tobi, 1086 Master of Arts (6 January 1370 AD) During his papacy, in the year 1370 AD, a great light appeared in Egypt during the night and lingered until dawn.
In 1371 AD, there was a great flood in the Nile, which threatened Egypt.
In the year 1374 AD, Pope Gabriel IV consecrated the Chrismation Oil (Myron). Gabriel IV was contemporary of First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ashraf Nasir-ad-Din Shaban II and First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Mansur Alah-ad-Din Ali, the Bahri sultans.
He sat on the throne of Saint Mark for 8 years, 3 months, and 22 days. He died on 3 Pashons, 1094 Master of Arts (28 April 1378 AD), and was buried next to Saint Simon the Tanner.
