Michael the Syrian

Mor Michael the Great
Patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church
SeeSyriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
In office1166–1199
PredecessorAthanasius VII bar Qatra
SuccessorAthanasius VIII
Personal details
Born1126
Died1199 (aged 72–73)
Melitene, Sultanate of Rûm
(modern-day Malatya, Turkey)
BuriedMor Bar Sauma Monastery

Mor Michael the Syrian (Arabic: ميخائيل السرياني, romanizedMīkhaʾēl el Sūryani:),(Classical Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܣܽܘܪܝܳܝܳܐ, romanized: Mīkhoʾēl Sūryoyo), died AD 1199, also known as Michael the Great (Syriac: ܡܺܝܟ݂ܳܐܝܶܠ ܪܰܒ݁ܳܐ, romanizedMīkhoʾēl Rabo) or Michael Syrus or Michael the Elder, to distinguish him from his nephew,[1] was a patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1166 to 1199. He is best known today as the author of the largest medieval Chronicle, which he wrote in the Syriac language. Some other works and fragments written by him have also survived.[2]

  1. ^ Wright 1894, p. 250.
  2. ^ Weltecke 2011, p. 287-290.

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