Denha I of Tikrit

Denha I
Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
Installed649
Term ended659
PredecessorMarutha
SuccessorBarishoʿ
Personal details
Died3 November 659
Sainthood
Feast day2 October
Venerated inSyriac Orthodox Church

Denha I (Syriac: ܕܢܚܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܡܦܪܝܢܐ ܕܬܓܪܝܬ, Arabic: دنحا الاول مفريان المشرق)[1] was the Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East from 649 until his death in 659.[2] He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Martyrology of Rabban Sliba, and his feast day is 2 October.[3]

  1. ^ Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent (17 August 2016). "Denha I, maphrian". Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  2. ^ Wilmshurst (2019), p. 810.
  3. ^ Fiey (2004), p. 68.