Dionysius II of Antioch

58th Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch

Dionysius II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
SeeAntioch
Installed896/897
Term ended908/909
PredecessorTheodosius Romanus
SuccessorJohn V
Personal details
Died18 April 908/909

Dionysius II (Syriac: ܕܝܘܢܢܘܣܝܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ, Arabic: ديونيسيوس الثاني)[1] was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 896/897 until his death in 908/909.

Biography

Dionysius studied and became a monk at the monastery of Beth Batin, near Harran in Upper Mesopotamia.[2] He was chosen to succeed Theodosius Romanus as patriarch of Antioch in an election by lot, and was consecrated on 23 April 896/897 (AG 1208)[nb 1] by archbishop Jacob of Emesa at the village of Ashit, near Sarug, according to the histories of Michael the Syrian and Bar Hebraeus.[5][6]

Soon after his ascension to the patriarchal office, Dionysius convened a synod at the monastery of Saint Shila, at which he issued twenty-five canons and was attended by thirty-five bishops.[2] He served as patriarch of Antioch until his death on 18 April 908/909 (AG 1220) at the monastery of Beth Batin, where he was buried.[5][7] As patriarch, Dionysius ordained fifty bishops, as per Michael the Syrian's Chronicle,[6] whereas Bar Hebraeus in his Ecclesiastical History credits Dionysius with the ordination of fifty-one bishops.[5]

Episcopal succession

As patriarch, Dionysius ordained the following bishops:[6]

  • Theodosius, archbishop of Edessa
  • Iwannis, archbishop of Samosata
  • Timothy, archbishop of Damascus
  • John, bishop of Tribus
  • Jacob, bishop of Irenopolis
  • Ignatius, bishop of Qinnasrin
  • John, bishop of Zuptara
  • John, bishop of Harran
  • Daniel, archbishop of Samosata
  • Cyriacus, bishop of Baalbek
  • Gabriel, archbishop of Cyrrhus
  • Isaac, archbishop of Herat
  • Philoxenus, archbishop
  • Dioscorus, archbishop of Edessa
  • Habib, bishop of Irenopolis
  • Samuel, archbishop of Maipherqat
  • Abraham, archbishop of Aphrah
  • Isaac, bishop of Nisibis
  • John, bishop of Tur Abdin
  • Job, bishop of Callisura
  • Theodosius, bishop of Reshʿayna
  • Cyril, archbishop of Tarsus
  • Theophilus, bishop of Zuptara
  • Daniel, bishop of Armenia
  • Gregory, archbishop of Raqqa
  • Jacob, bishop of Abadqawau
  • Abraham, bishop of Doula
  • Cosmas, bishop of Hadath
  • Peter, archbishop of Resafa
  • Jacob, bishop of Tiberias
  • Moses, bishop of Amid
  • George, bishop of Hadath
  • John, bishop of Marde
  • Timothy, bishop of Circesium
  • Anastasius, bishop of Abadqawan
  • Athanasius, archbishop of Damascus
  • Athanasius, archbishop of Tarsus
  • Theodoretus, archbishop of Maipherqat
  • Gabriel, archbishop of Apamea
  • Isaac, bishop of Armenia
  • Jacob, bishop of Doliche
  • Elias, bishop of Melitene
  • Ignatius, bishop of Irenopolis
  • Iwannis, archbishop of Dara
  • Ignatius, archbishop of Amid
  • Isaac, bishop of Zeugma
  • Timothy, bishop of Samosata
  • Basil, bishop of Bithynia
  • Timothy, archbishop of Edessa
  • Joseph, bishop of Sarug

References

Notes

  1. ^ Dionysius' ascension is placed either in 896,[2][3] or 897.[4]

Citations

  1. ^ James E. Walters (17 August 2016). "Dionysios II". A Guide to Syriac Authors. Retrieved 30 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c Barsoum (2003), pp. 404–405.
  3. ^ Burleson & Van Rompay (2011).
  4. ^ Wilmshurst (2019), p. 807.
  5. ^ a b c Mazzola (2018), p. 268.
  6. ^ a b c Chabot (1905), pp. 460–461.
  7. ^ Palmer (1990), p. 221.

Bibliography

  • Barsoum, Ephrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  • Burleson, Samuel; Van Rompay, Lucas (2011). "List of Patriarchs: II. The Syriac Orthodox Church and its Uniate continuations". In Sebastian P. Brock; Aaron M. Butts; George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  • Chabot, Jean-Baptiste, ed. (1905). Chronique de Michel le Syrien (in French). Vol. III. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
  • Mazzola, Marianna, ed. (2018). Bar 'Ebroyo's Ecclesiastical History : writing Church History in the 13th century Middle East. PSL Research University. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  • Palmer, Andrew (1990). Monk and Mason on the Tigris Frontier: The Early History of Tur Abdin. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  • Wilmshurst, David (2019). "West Syrian patriarchs and maphrians". In Daniel King (ed.). The Syriac World. Routledge. pp. 806–813.
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