Saint Severus the Great Crown of Syrian | |
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| Patriarch of Antioch and all of the East | |
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| Church | Syriac Orthodox Church |
| Installed | 16 November 512 |
| Term ended | 5 February 538 |
| Predecessor | Flavian II of Antioch |
| Successor | Sergius of Tella |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 459/465 |
| Died | 5 February 538 Xois, Eastern Roman Empire (modern-day Sakha, Egypt) |
| Buried | Zogag Monastery |
| Nationality | Roman |
| Denomination | Oriental Orthodoxy |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 8 February (Coptic Church),[1] 29 September (Syriac Orthodox)[2] |
| Venerated in | Oriental Orthodox Churches |
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Severus the Great of Antioch (Greek: Σεβῆρος; Syriac: ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ),[3] also known as Severus of Gaza[4] or the Crown of Syrians[5] (Syriac: ܬܓܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ, romanized: Tagha d'Suryoye; Arabic: تاج السوريان, romanized: Taj al-Suriyan), was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, from 512 until his death in 538. He is venerated as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Church, and his feast day is 8 February.
- ^ "Amshir 9 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium - CopticChurch.net".
- ^ Curtin, D. P. (July 2015). Jacobite Arab Synaxarium- Volume I. Dalcassian Publishing Company. ISBN 9781088061237.
- ^ Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent (17 August 2016). "Severus of Antioch". Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ Evans (2000), p. 106
- ^ emorales (17 May 2016). "The Biography of Patriarch Severus of Antioch (512-538) Written by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Cyriacus of Tikrit (793-817)". Atla. Retrieved 15 November 2022.