Mar Eliya I | |
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Patriarch of All the East | |
Church | Church of the East |
See | Seleucia-Ctesiphon |
Installed | 1028 |
Term ended | 1049 |
Predecessor | Ishoyahb IV |
Successor | Yohannan VII |
Other post(s) | Bishop of Tirhan |
Personal details | |
Died | 1049 |
Buried | Greek Palace, Baghdad |
Eliya I (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1028 to 1049. He is also known as the author of an early grammar of Syriac written around the year 1000.