Eliya VII

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Eliya VII
Patriarch of All the East
ChurchChurch of the East
Installed1591
Term ended1617
PredecessorEliya VI
SuccessorEliya VIII
Personal details
Died26 May 1617
ResidenceRabban Hormizd Monastery
The ancient Rabban Hormizd Monastery, former residence of the Patriarchs of the Church of the East

Eliya VII (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ / Elīyā, d. 26 May 1617) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1591 to 1617, with residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery, near Alqosh, in modern Iraq. On several occasions, in 1605–1607 and 1610, and again in 1615–1616, he negotiated on with representatives of the Catholic Church, but without any final conclusion.[1][2] In older historiography, he was designated as Eliya VII,[3] but later renumbered as Eliya "VIII" by some authors.[4][5] After the resolution of several chronological questions, he was designated again as Eliya VII,[6][7][8] and that numeration is accepted in recent scholarly works.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

  1. ^ Wilmshurst 2000, p. 24, 262, 355.
  2. ^ Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 116-118.
  3. ^ Malech & Malech 1910, p. 315, 321.
  4. ^ Tisserant 1931, p. 261-263.
  5. ^ Fiey 1993, p. 37.
  6. ^ Lampart 1966, p. 64-67.
  7. ^ Macomber 1969, p. 263-273.
  8. ^ Murre van den Berg 1999, p. 244-245.
  9. ^ Baum & Winkler 2000, p. 106, 152.
  10. ^ Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 174.
  11. ^ Baum 2004, p. 232-233.
  12. ^ Baumer 2005, p. 249, 312.
  13. ^ Murre van den Berg 2006, p. 528.
  14. ^ Hage 2007, p. 473.
  15. ^ Jakob 2014, p. 99.