Mar Eliya VIII | |
|---|---|
| Catholicos-Patriarch of the East | |
| Church | Church of the East |
| Installed | 1617 |
| Term ended | 1660 |
| Predecessor | Eliya VII |
| Successor | Eliya IX |
| Personal details | |
| Died | 18 June 1660 |
| Residence | Rabban Hormizd Monastery |
Eliya VIII (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ / Elīyā, d. 18 June 1660) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1617 to 1660, with residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery, near Alqosh, in modern Iraq. On several occasions (1619, 1629, 1638, 1653) he was approached by representatives of the Catholic Church, but those contacts didn't led to any agreement.[1][2] In older historiography, he was designated as Eliya VIII,[3] but later renumbered as Eliya "IX" by some authors.[4][5] After the resolution of several chronological questions, he was designated again as Eliya VIII,[6][7][8] and that numeration is accepted in recent scholarly works.[9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
- ^ Wilmshurst 2000, p. 24-25.
- ^ Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 118.
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- ^ Lampart 1966, p. 64, 69, 72.
- ^ Macomber 1969, p. 263-273.
- ^ Murre van den Berg 1999, p. 245.
- ^ Baum & Winkler 2000, p. 106-108, 152.
- ^ Baum & Winkler 2003, p. 174.
- ^ Baum 2004, p. 233-234.
- ^ Baumer 2005, p. 239, 249, 312.
- ^ Murre van den Berg 2006, p. 528.
- ^ Hage 2007, p. 473.
- ^ Jakob 2014, p. 99.