Eliya VI

Eliya VI (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ‎ / Elīyā, d. 26 May 1591) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1558 to 1591, with residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery, near Alqosh, in modern Iraq.[1][2] In older historiography, he was designated as Eliya VI,[3] but later renumbered as Eliya "VII" by some authors, who believed that during the period from 1558 to 1591 there were two successive Eliya patriarchs (first in 1558-1576, and second in 1576-1591).[4][5] After the resolution of several chronological questions, he was designated again as Eliya VI,[6][7][8] and that numeration is accepted in recent scholarly works.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

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Eliya VI
Patriarch of All the East
ChurchChurch of the East
Installed1558
Term ended1591
PredecessorShemon VII Ishoyahb
SuccessorEliya VII
Personal details
DiedMay 26, 1591
ResidenceRabban Hormizd Monastery
The ancient Rabban Hormizd Monastery, former residence of the Patriarchs of the Church of the East

Biography

Eliya was younger nephew of patriarch Shemon VII Ishoyahb (1539-1558), who originally designated Eliya's older brother Hnanishoʿ as his successor. Several years later, probably because Hnanishoʿ had died in the interim, patriarch Shemon VII transferred the succession to his other nephew, fifteen-year-old Eliya. Thus he became natar kursya (designated successor) of the Patriarchal Throne. In 1545, Eliya was made Metropolitan. His uncle, patriarch Shemon VII, died on 1 November 1558, and was succeeded by Eliya who became new Patriarch of All the East. During his patriarchal tenure, from 1558 to 1591, Church of the East preserved its traditional christology and ecclesiastical independence. He died on May 26, 1591, and was buried in the Rabban Hormizd Monastery.[16]

See also

Notes
  1. Wilmshurst 2000, p. 355.
  2. Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 116.
  3. Malech & Malech 1910, p. 315.
  4. Tisserant 1931, p. 261-263.
  5. Fiey 1993, p. 37.
  6. Lampart 1966, p. 53-54, 64.
  7. Macomber 1969, p. 263-273.
  8. Murre van den Berg 1999, p. 243-244.
  9. Baum & Winkler 2000, p. 104, 152.
  10. Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 116, 174.
  11. Baum 2004, p. 232.
  12. Baumer 2005, p. 249, 312.
  13. Hage 2007, p. 473.
  14. Jakob 2014, p. 96.
  15. Borbone 2014, p. 224.
  16. Wilmshurst 2000, p. 22, 42 194, 260, 355.

References
Church of the East titles
Preceded by
Shemon VII Ishoyahb
(1538–1558)		 Catholicos-Patriarch of the East
(1558–1581)		 Succeeded by
Eliya VII
(1591–1617)
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