Shimun (

Syriac alphabet The Syriac alphabet ( ) is a writing system primarily used to write the Syriac language since the 1st century AD. It is one of the Semitic abjads descending from the Aramaic alphabet through the Palmyrene alphabet, and shares similarities with ...

: ), also transliterated as Shemʿon or Shimon is the form of Simon used in

Classical Syriac The Syriac language (; syc, / '), also known as Syriac Aramaic (''Syrian Aramaic'', ''Syro-Aramaic'') and Classical Syriac ܠܫܢܐ ܥܬܝܩܐ (in its literary and liturgical form), is an Aramaic dialect that emerged during the first century ...

and other Aramaic languages. Mar Shimun may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East or Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon: * Shemʿon bar Sabbaʿe, (329-341), Catholicos-Patriarch of the

Church of the East The Church of the East ( syc, ܥܕܬܐ ܕܡܕܢܚܐ, ''ʿĒḏtā d-Maḏenḥā'') or the East Syriac Church, also called the Church of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, the Persian Church, the Assyrian Church, the Babylonian Church or the Nestorian C ...

Shemʿon II Mar II (sometimes written Shimun II) was the patriarch of the Church of the East from 1385 until 1405. He succeeded Denha II, who died in 1381/2, and his reign corresponds to the beginning of a period of obscurity in the Church of the ...

(1365–1392), Patriarch of the Church of the East *

Shemʿon III Mar Shemon 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 Shemʿon I ...

(1403–1407), Patriarch of the Church of the East *

Shemʿon IV Mar Shemon IV Basidi (died 20 February 1497) was the patriarch of the Church of the East in the last quarter of the 15th century. Traditionally his reign is said to have begun in 1437, but this results in an improbably long tenure and has been revi ...

(1437–1497), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon V (1497–1501), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VI (1503–1538), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VII (1538–1551), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb, (1539–1558) Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VIII (1553–1555), Patriarch of the

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* Shimun IX (1558) *

Shimun IX Dinkha Mar Shimun IX Dinkha was the fourth Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1580 to c.1600. He moved the seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church from Siirt in the Ottoman Empire to Urmia in the Safavid Empire ...

(1580–1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Shimun X Eliyah Shimun X ( syr, ܫܡܥܘܢ / ''Shemon'', died 1638) was Patriarch of the ''Shemon'' line of primates of the Church of the East, from 1600 to 1638. He is claimed both by the Chaldean Catholic Church and the Assyrian Church of the East. Upon a ...

(1600–1638), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Shimun XI Eshuyow Mar Shimun XI Eshuyow was the sixth Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1638 to 1656. He succeeded Patriarch Shimun X Eliyah, The seat of the patriarchate of Babylon of the Chaldean Catholic church being in Salmas during his reig ...

(1638–1656), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656–1662), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church *

Shimun XIII Dinkha Mar Shimun XIII Dinkha was Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church carrying the title Patriarch of Babylon between 1662 and 1692 in communion with Rome and residing in Khosrau-Abad near Salmas. He was the last in the hereditary Shimun line of ...

(1662–1692), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and after breaking the Communion with Rome in 1692, Patriarch of the

Assyrian Church of the East The Assyrian Church of the East,, ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية sometimes called Church of the East, officially the Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East,; ar, كنيسة المشرق الآشورية الرسول� ...

until 1700 *

Shimun XIV Shlemon Mar Shimun XIV Shlemon was the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East of the Shem'on line (based in Qodshanis) from 1700 until 1740. See also * Patriarch of the Church of the East The Patriarch of the Church of the East (also known ...

(1700–1740), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail Mar Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail was the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East of the Shem'on line (based in Qodshanis) from 1740 until 1780. See also * Patriarch of the Church of the East The Patriarch of the Church of the East (al ...

(1740–1780), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XVI Yohannan Mar Shimun XVI Yohannan (also Shemon XVI Yohannan) was Patriarch of the Shem'on line (Qodshanis) of the Church of the East, from 1780. In 1804, he became the sole Patriarch among traditionalist Christians of the East Syriac Rite, because the riva ...

(1780–1820), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XVII Abraham (1820–1860), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East *

Shimun XVIII Rubil Mar Shimun XVIII Rubil (also Simon XVIII Rouel or Rowil) served as the Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 1861 to 1903, succeeding his uncle Shimun XVII Abraham. He led the church from Qodshanis, in southeastern Turkey. I ...

(1860–1903), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XIX Benyamin (1903–1918), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XX Paulos (1918–1920), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XXI Eshai (1920–1975) (assassinated), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

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