Denha I

Mar

Denha I
Patriarch of All the East
ChurchChurch of the East
SeeSeleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed1265
Term ended1281
PredecessorMakkikha II
SuccessorYahballaha III
Personal details
Born13th century
Died1281
ResidenceBaghdad, Urmia, Maragheh[1]
Ordination history of
Denha I
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by Denha I as principal consecrator
Mar Yahballaha1279
Source(s):[2]

Mar Denha I (also written Dinkha I[3]) was Patriarch of the Church of the East (sometimes referred to as the Nestorian church) from 1265 to 1281. He was widely suspected of murdering Shem'on Bar Qaligh, bishop of Tus, and was remembered by later generations as Denha Qatola, 'Denha the Murderer'.

  1. ^ Baum 2003, p. 95.
  2. ^ Baum 2003, pp. 94–95.
  3. ^ Baum 2003, p. 94.