Shemon III
Mar Shemʿon III | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch of All the East | |
| Church | Church of the East |
| See | Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
| Installed | c.1425 |
| Term ended | c.1450 |
| Predecessor | Eliya IV |
| Successor | Shemon IV |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 14th century |
| Died | 15th century |
Mar Shemʿon III was the patriarch of the Church of the East in the early 15th century. There is uncertainty over his existence, his dates and his place in the order of patriarchs.
Traditionally, Shemʿon III is listed between patriarchs
Timothy II to "Shemʿon of our days". The intervening patriarchs are Denha II, a certain Shemʿon and Eliya IV. This can only be Shemʿon II.[2]
Manuscript
Shemʿon IV (successor of Eliya IV or Shemʿon III, depending on the list) a reign of sixty years or more.[3]
Notes
- ^ Burleson & Van Rompay 2011.
- ^ Wilmshurst 2011, p. 287.
- ^ a b Wilmshurst 2011, p. 292.
- ^ Wilmshurst 2000, p. 348.
- ^ Wilmshurst 2019, p. 800.
- ^ Wilmshurst 2000, p. 3.
Bibliography
- Burleson, Samuel; Van Rompay, Lucas (2011). "List of Patriarchs: I. The Church of the East and its Uniate Continuations". In George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage. Gorgias Press.
- Wilmshurst, David J. (2000). The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913. Peeters.
- Wilmshurst, David J. (2011). The Martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East. East and West Publishing.
- Wilmshurst, David J. (2019). "The Patriarchs of the Church of the East". In Daniel King (ed.). The Syriac World. Routledge. pp. 799–805.
