Cyril VII Francis Siaj (or Siage or Siagi) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796.
Cyril VII Siaj | |
|---|---|
| Patriarch of Antioch | |
| Church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
| See | Patriarch of Antioch |
| Installed | 11 December 1794 |
| Term ended | 6 August 1796 |
| Predecessor | Athanasius IV Jawhar |
| Successor | Agapius II Matar |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | December 1763 (Bishop) by Euthymius Fadel |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Francis Siaj |
| Died | 6 August 1796 Aitanite, Lebanon |
Life
editFrancis Siaj was a monk of the Basilian Salvatorian Order. Between 1760 and 1768 he was an open partisan of Athanasius Jawhar in the clashes for the patriarchate between patriarch Theodosius V Dahan and anti-patriarch Athanasius Jawhar. In this frame he went with Jawhar to Rome in 1762, and when returned to Lebanon he was consecrated bishop of Bosra and Hauran a few days after 23 December 1763, and took the name Cyril.[1]: 67 Because his consecration was celebrated by Euthymius Fadel bishop of Zahle and Forzol and a partisan of Jawhar,[2] the patriarch Theodosius V Dahan did not recognized his appointment[3] till the appeasement in 1768 between Theodosius Dahan and Athanasius Jawhar.
Cyril Francis Siaj was elected patriarch by the synod of bishops on 11 December[4] 1794.[5] His election was confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 28 June 1796. Cyril VII Siaj died on 6 August 1796[6] at Aitanite, where he was buried.[1]: 77
Notes
edit- ^ a b Charon (Korolevsky), Cyril (1998) [1902]. History of the Melkite Patriarchates. Vol. 1. Eastern Christian Publications. ISBN 1-892278-01-4.
- ^ Bacel, Paul (1912). "L' Église Melkite au XVIII Siècle - Nouvelles intrigues de Jauhar". Échos d'Orient. 15: 226.
- ^ Mansi, Joannes Dominicus (1909). Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio. Vol. 46. pp. 565–566.
- ^ on 30 November according to the Julian calendar
- ^ Korolevsky, Cyril (1924). "Antioche". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. Vol. 3. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. p. 651.
- ^ on 26 July according to the Julian calendar