Cyril VII Francis Siaj (or ''Siage'' or ''Siagi'') was

Patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and in certai ...

of the

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from 1794 to 1796.

Life

Francis Siaj was a monk of the

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. Between 1760 and 1768 he was an open partisan of Athanasius Jawhar in the clashes for the patriarchate between patriarch

Theodosius V Dahan Theodosius V (Athanase Joasaph) Dahan (1698–1788) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1761 to 1788. Life Joasaph Dahan was born in Beirut in 1698. He entered in the religious order of the Basilian Chouerites and in 172 ...

and anti-patriarch Athanasius Jawhar. In this frame he went with Jawhar to

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in 1762, and when returned to

Lebanon Lebanon ( , ar, لُبْنَان, translit=lubnān, ), officially the Republic of Lebanon () or the Lebanese Republic, is a country in Western Asia. It is located between Syria to the north and east and Israel to the south, while Cyprus li ...

he was consecrated bishop of Bosra and Hauran a few days after 23 December 1763, and took the name ''Cyril''. Because his consecration was celebrated by

Euthymius Fadel Euthymius Fadel of Ma’loula (died 1776) was bishop of Zahle and Forzol of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and took a preeminent part in the 1724 split of the Melkite Church. Life Euthymius Fadel was born in Ma'loula, Syria and he entered in ...

bishop of

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and a partisan of Jawhar, the patriarch Theodosius V Dahan did not recognized his appointment till the appeasement in 1768 between Theodosius Dahan and Athanasius Jawhar. Cyril Francis Siaj was elected patriarch by the synod of bishops on 11 December 1794. His election was confirmed by

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on 28 June 1796. Cyril VII Siaj died on 6 August 1796on 26 July according to the

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at Aitanite, where he was buried.

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