Dionysius II of Antioch

Dionysius II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Church Syriac Orthodox Church
See Antioch
Installed April 896
Term ended 909
Predecessor Theodosius Romanus
Successor John V Qurzahli
Personal details
Died 18 April 909
Monastery of Beth Batin

Dionysius II (died 18 April 909 [1] was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 896 until his death in 909.[2]

Biography

Prior to becoming patriarch Dionysius was a monk and studied at the Monastery of Beth Batin. Soon after his consecration in April 896, Dionysius held a synod at the Monastery of Mar Shila, which was attended by thirty-five bishops. During the synod he issued twenty-five canons.

During his tenure as patriarch, Dionysius ordained forty-nine metropolitans and bishops before his death at the Monastery of Beth Batin in 909.

References

  1. ↑ Venance Grumel (1958). Traité d'études byzantines, Chronologie. Paris 1958, p. 449. Presses universitaires de France
  2. ↑ "Dionysius II". Retrieved 2014-07-04.
Preceded by
Theodosius Romanus		 Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
896–909 		Succeeded by
John V Qurzahli
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