Severus of Antioch

Saint

Severus the Great

Crown of Syrian
Patriarch of Antioch and all of the East
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
Installed16 November 512
Term ended5 February 538
PredecessorFlavian II of Antioch
SuccessorSergius of Tella
Personal details
Bornc. 459/465
Died5 February 538
Xois, Eastern Roman Empire
(modern-day Sakha, Egypt)
BuriedZogag Monastery
NationalityRoman
DenominationOriental Orthodoxy
Sainthood
Feast day8 February (Coptic Church),[1] 29 September (Syriac Orthodox)[2]
Venerated inOriental Orthodox Churches

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, romanizedTaj 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.

  1. ^ "Amshir 9 : Lives of Saints : Synaxarium - CopticChurch.net".
  2. ^ Curtin, D. P. (July 2015). Jacobite Arab Synaxarium- Volume I. Dalcassian Publishing Company. ISBN 9781088061237.
  3. ^ Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent (17 August 2016). "Severus of Antioch". Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. ^ Evans (2000), p. 106
  5. ^ 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.