In Arabic, his name is spelled Sawires ساويرس. Severus is sometimes confused with Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa. He was bishop of Hermopolis Magna (Ashmunein), in Upper Egypt, around the end of the tenth century.
Fatimid rule slowly but surely changed Coptic Christian culture, especially in the realm of language.
He is best known as the traditional author of the History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria.
Lamp of the Intellect (in Arabic مصباح العقل)History of the Patriarchs of the Coptic Church of Alexandria (in Arabic تاريخ بطاركة كنيسة الإسكندرية القبطية). This is a compilation begun by Severus Ibn al-Mukaffa and based on earlier biographical sources. It was continued by others including Michael, bishop of Tinnis (11th century, writing in Coptic, covering 880 to 1046), Mawhub ibn Mansur ibn Mufarrig, deacon of Alexandria., and Pope Mark III of Alexandria (for 1131 to 1167).Affliction's physic and the cure of sorrow (In Arabic طبّ الغمّ وشفاء الحزن).
