Mar Shemon VII Ishoyahb | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch of All the East | |
| Church | Church of the East |
| Installed | 1539 |
| Term ended | 1558 |
| Predecessor | Shemon VI |
| Successor | Eliya VI |
| Other post(s) | Metropolitan of Mosul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Īshōʿyahb bar Māmā end of the 15th century |
| Died | 1558 |
| Buried | Rabban Hormizd Monastery |
| Residence | Rabban Hormizd Monastery |
Mar Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb (Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ ܫܒܝܥܝܐ ܝܫܘܥܝܗܒ), born Īshōʿyahb bar Māmā,[1] was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1539 to 1558, with residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery.[2]
His reign was widely unpopular, and discontent with his leadership led to the schism of 1552, in which his opponents rebelled and appointed the monk Shimun Yohannan Sulaqa as a rival patriarch. Sulaqa's subsequent consecration by Pope Julius III saw a permanent split in the Church of the East and the birth of the Chaldean Catholic Church. His body is buried in the Rabban Hormizd Monastery near Alqosh, modern Iraq, belonging to the Chaldean Catholic Church.
- ^ Wilmshurst 2000, p. 348.
- ^ Wilmshurst 2000, p. 351.