Dionysius II ( syr, ܕܝܘܢܢܘܣܝܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ, ar, ديونيسيوس الثاني)
was the
Patriarch of Antioch and head of the
Syriac Orthodox Church
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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. He was chosen to succeed
Theodosius Romanus
Theodosius Romanus ( syr, ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܬܐܘܕܘܣܝܘܣ, ar, البطريرك ثاودوسيوس) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 887 until his death in 896.
Biography
Romanus was born at Tikrit in ...
as patriarch of Antioch in an
election by lot, and was consecrated on 23 April 896/897 (
AG 1208) by archbishop Jacob of
Emesa at the village of Ashit, near
Sarug, according to the histories of
Michael the Syrian
Michael the Syrian ( ar, ميخائيل السرياني, Mīkhaʾēl el Sūryani:),( syc, ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ, Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died 1199 AD, also known as Michael the Great ( syr, ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܪܰܒ݁ܳܐ, ...
and
Bar Hebraeus.
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. 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. As patriarch, Dionysius ordained fifty bishops, as per Michael the Syrian's ''Chronicle'', whereas Bar Hebraeus in his ''Ecclesiastical History'' credits Dionysius with the ordination of fifty-one bishops.
Episcopal succession
As patriarch, Dionysius ordained the following bishops:
* Theodosius,
archbishop of Edessa Early bishops
The following list is based on the records of the ''Chronicle of Edessa'' (to ''c''.540) and the ''Chronicle of Zuqnin''.
Jacobite (Syriac) bishops
These bishops belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Church. During the later period there ...
* Iwannis, archbishop of
Samosata
* Timothy, archbishop of
Damascus
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* 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
Baalbek (; ar, بَعْلَبَكّ, Baʿlabakk, Syriac-Aramaic: ܒܥܠܒܟ) is a city located east of the Litani River in Lebanon's Beqaa Valley, about northeast of Beirut. It is the capital of Baalbek-Hermel Governorate. In Greek and Roman ...
* Gabriel, archbishop of
Cyrrhus
Cyrrhus (; el, Κύρρος ''Kyrrhos'') is a city in ancient Syria founded by Seleucus Nicator, one of Alexander the Great's generals. Other names for the city include Coricium, Corice, Hagioupolis, Nebi Huri ( ar, نبي هوري), and Khoros ...
* Isaac, archbishop of
Herat
* Philoxenus, archbishop
* Dioscorus,
archbishop of Edessa Early bishops
The following list is based on the records of the ''Chronicle of Edessa'' (to ''c''.540) and the ''Chronicle of Zuqnin''.
Jacobite (Syriac) bishops
These bishops belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Church. During the later period there ...
* 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
Resafa ( ar, الرصافة Reṣafa), also sometimes spelled Rusafa, and known in the Byzantine era as Sergiopolis (in greek Σεργιούπολις, Σεργιόπολις, "city of Saint Sergius") and briefly as Anastasiopolis (Αναστασ ...
* Jacob, bishop of
Tiberias
* Moses, bishop of
Amid
* George, bishop of
Hadath
* John, bishop of
Marde
* Timothy, bishop of
Circesium
Circesium ( syc, ܩܪܩܣܝܢ ', grc, Κιρκήσιον), known in Arabic as al-Qarqisiya, was a Roman fortress city near the junction of the Euphrates and Khabur rivers, located at the empire's eastern frontier with the Sasanian Empire. It wa ...
* Anastasius, bishop of Abadqawan
* Athanasius, archbishop of
Damascus
)), is an adjective which means "spacious".
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* Athanasius, archbishop of
Tarsus
* Theodoretus, archbishop of
Maipherqat
* Gabriel, archbishop of
Apamea
Apamea or Apameia ( grc, Απάμεια) is the name of several Hellenistic cities in western Asia, after Apama, the Sogdian wife of Seleucus I Nicator, several of which are also former bishoprics and Catholic titular see.
Places called Apamea in ...
* 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
Bithynia (; Koine Greek: , ''Bithynía'') was an ancient region, kingdom and Roman province in the northwest of Asia Minor (present-day Turkey), adjoining the Sea of Marmara, the Bosporus, and the Black Sea. It bordered Mysia to the southwest, Pa ...
* Timothy,
archbishop of Edessa Early bishops
The following list is based on the records of the ''Chronicle of Edessa'' (to ''c''.540) and the ''Chronicle of Zuqnin''.
Jacobite (Syriac) bishops
These bishops belonged to the Syriac Orthodox Church. During the later period there ...
* Joseph, bishop of
Sarug
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