Dionysius II of Antioch

Dionysius II (died 18 April 909 [1] was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 896 until his death in 909.[2]

Dionysius II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
SeeAntioch
InstalledApril 896
Term ended909
PredecessorTheodosius Romanus
SuccessorJohn V Qurzahli
Personal details
Died18 April 909
Monastery of Beth Batin

Biography

Prior to becoming patriarch Dionysius was a monk and studied at the Monastery of Beth Batin. Soon after his consecration in April 896, Dionysius held a synod at the Monastery of Mar Shila, which was attended by thirty-five bishops. During the synod he issued twenty-five canons.

During his tenure as patriarch, Dionysius ordained forty-nine metropolitans and bishops before his death at the Monastery of Beth Batin in 909.

References
  1. Venance Grumel (1958). Traité d'études byzantines, Chronologie. Paris 1958, p. 449. Presses universitaires de France
  2. "Dionysius II". Retrieved 2014-07-04.
Preceded by
Theodosius Romanus		 Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
896–909		 Succeeded by
John V Qurzahli
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