Simon Awad

Simon VII Awad
(سمعان السابع عوّاد)
Simon VII Awad ; (سمعان السابع عوّاد)
Patriarch of Antioch
	Bust of Simon Awad in El Midane Jezzine Lebanon
Church	Maronite Church
See	Patriarch of Antioch
Appointed	March 16, 1743
Installed	October 11, 1743
Term ended	February 12, 1756
Predecessor	Joseph Dergham El Khazen
Successor	Tobias El Khazen
Orders
Ordination	June 10, 1708 (Priest)
Consecration	January 27, 1716 (Bishop); by Jacob Awad
Personal details
Born	1683; Hasroun, Lebanon
Died	February 12, 1756 (aged 72–73); El Midane, Lebanon

Simon VII Awad^[1] (or Sim'an Awwad, Auwad, Aouad, Arabic: سمعان السابع عوّاد, Latin: Simeon Evodius, born in 1683 in Hasroun, Lebanon – died on February 12, 1756, in El Midane, Lebanon), was the 61st Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1743 to his death in 1756.

^ [The addition of the name Peter (in Arabic: Boutros) in his first name is customary for newly elected Maronite patriarchs; about Awwad, acts Consistory of 1744 call him Simon Petrus, and likewise the patriarch signing Simon Petrus Evodius patriarcha Antiochenus]

[1] [The addition of the name Peter (in Arabic: Boutros) in his first name is customary for newly elected Maronite patriarchs; about Awwad, acts Consistory of 1744 call him Simon Petrus, and likewise the patriarch signing Simon Petrus Evodius patriarcha Antiochenus]

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