Ignatius Ni'matallah

Ignatius Niʿmatallah
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
SeeAntioch
Installed1557
Term ended1576
PredecessorIgnatius Abdullah I
SuccessorIgnatius David II Shah
Personal details
Bornc. 1515
Mardin, Ottoman Empire
Died29 May 1587
Bracciano, Papal States

Ignatius Niʿmatallah (Arabic: البطرك نعمة اللّٰه,[1] Latin: Nehemias,[2] Syriac: ܦܛܪܝܪܟܐ ܢܥܡܗ̈ ܐܠܗ)[1][nb 1] was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1557 until his resignation in 1576.

  1. ^ a b James E. Walters (9 December 2016). "Niʿmatullah, Ignatius". A Guide to Syriac Authors. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ Saliba (2007), pp. 227–230.
  3. ^ a b Salvadore (2017), p. 80.


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