Cyril VII Siaj

Cyril VII Siaj
Cyril VII Siaj
Patriarch of Antioch
Church Melkite Greek Catholic Church
See Patriarch of Antioch
Enthroned 11 December 1794
Reign ended 6 August 1796
Predecessor Athanasius IV Jawhar
Successor Agapius II Matar
Orders
Consecration December 1763 (Bishop)
by Euthymius Fadel
Personal details
Birth name Francis Siaj
Died 6 August 1796
Aitanite, Lebanon

Cyril VII Francis Siaj (or Siage or Siagi) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796.

Life

Francis Siaj was a monk of the Basilian Salvatorian Order. Between 1760 and 1768 he was a open partisan of Athanasius Jawhar in the clashes for the patriarchate between patriarch Theodosius V Dahan and anti-patriarch Athanasius Jawhar. In this frame he went with Jawhar to Rome in 1762, and when returned to Lebanon he was consecrated bishop of Bosra and Hauran a few days after 23 December 1763, and took the name Cyril.[1]:67 Because his consecration was celebrated by Euthymius Fadel bishop of Zahle and Forzol and a partisan of Jawhar,[2] the patriarch Theodosius V Dahan did not recognized his appointment[3] 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[4] 1794.[5] His election was confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 28 June 1796. Cyril VII Siaj died on 6 August 1796[6] at Aitanite, where he was buried.[1]:77

Notes

  1. ^ a b Charon (Korolevsky), Cyril (1998) [1902]. History of the Melkite Patriarchates. 1. Eastern Christian Pubblications. ISBN 1892278014. 
  2. ^ Bacel, Paul (1912). "L' Église Melkite au XVIII Siècle - Nouvelles intrigues de Jauhar". Echos d'Orient 15: 226. http://www.archive.org/details/echosdorient15pariuoft. 
  3. ^ Mansi, Joannes Dominicus (1909). Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio. 46. pp. 565–566. http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/04z/z_1692-1769__Mansi_JD__Sacrorum_Conciliorum_Nova_Amplissima_Collectio_Vol_046__LT.pdf.html. 
  4. ^ on 30 November according to the Julian calendar
  5. ^ Korolevsky, Cyril (1924). "Antioche". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. 3. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. pp. 651. 
  6. ^ on 26 July according to the Julian calendar

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