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Ignatius II
Ignatius II
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Church	Syriac Orthodox Church
See	Antioch
Installed	878
Term ended	883
Predecessor	John IV
Successor	Theodosius Romanus
Personal details
Died	883

Ignatius II^{[nb 1]} (Syriac: ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ, Arabic: اغناطيوس الثاني)^[3] was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 878 until his death in 883.

Biography

Ignatius was born in the 9th century and became a monk at the monastery of Harbaz.^[4] He was chosen to succeed John IV as patriarch of Antioch and was consecrated on 5 June 878 (AG 1189) by Timothy of Samosata at a synod at the monastery of Saint Zacchaeus at Raqqa, which was attended by four bishops.^[5] Upon his consecration, Ignatius issued twelve canons.^[4]

He soon came into conflict with Sergius, archbishop of Tikrit and ex officio Grand Metropolitan of the East, the highest-ranking prelate amongst the eastern bishops (bishops of the former Sasanian Empire).^[6] Sergius had lost the recognition of the eastern bishops after he had allocated dioceses to Elisha' and Bar Hadh Bshabba, who had been excommunicated by both Patriarch John IV and Basil II Lazarus, Sergius' predecessor as archbishop of Tikrit and Grand Metropolitan of the East.^[7] He was thus not invited to attend Ignatius' consecration, to which he responded by withholding his recognition of Ignatius and refused to have his name proclaimed in the east.^[6]

The dispute between Ignatius and Sergius was eventually resolved after they were imprisoned and fined 2000 dinars.^[6] He served as patriarch of Antioch until his death on 26 March 883 (AG 1194) at Meriba, where he was buried.^[8]

Episcopal succession

As patriarch, Ignatius ordained the following bishops:^[9]

Severus, bishop of Res-Kepha
Abraham, archbishop of Anazarbus
Sergius, archbishop of Cyrrhus
Cyriacus, archbishop of Edessa
Abraham, bishop of Aleppo
John, bishop of Germanicia
Michael, bishop of Samosata
John, archbishop of Amida
Abraham, bishop of Circesium
Elias, bishop of Hadath
Simeon, bishop of Zuptara
Cyril, bishop of Maipherqat
Gabriel, bishop of Sarug
Jacob, bishop of Baalbek
Cyriacus, archbishop of Anazarbus
Constantine, bishop of Harran
Aaron, archbishop of Maipherqat
Gabriel, bishop of Arabia
Matthew, archbishop of Dara
Iwannis, bishop of Abadqawan
Severus, archbishop of Segestan
Severus, archbishop of Raqqa
Theodosius, bishop of Doula
John, archbishop of Mabbogh
John, bishop of Doliche
Severus, archbishop of Jerusalem

References

Notes

^ He is counted as either Ignatius I, as the first Syriac Orthodox patriarch of Antioch by that name,^[1] or Ignatius II, after Ignatius (r. c. 70–c. 107).^[2]

Citations

^ Burleson & Van Rompay (2011).
^ Wilmshurst (2019), p. 807.
^ James E. Walters (17 August 2016). "Ignatius II". A Guide to Syriac Authors. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b Barsoum (2003), p. 395.
^ Mazzola (2018), pp. 267, 372.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mazzola (2018), p. 372.
^ Ignatius Jacob III (2008), p. 60.
^ Mazzola (2018), p. 267.
^ Chabot (1905), pp. 458–459.

Bibliography

Barsoum, Ephrem (2003). The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences. Translated by Matti Moosa (2nd ed.). Gorgias Press. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
Burleson, Samuel; Van Rompay, Lucas (2011). "List of Patriarchs: II. The Syriac Orthodox Church and its Uniate continuations". In Sebastian P. Brock; Aaron M. Butts; George A. Kiraz; Lucas Van Rompay (eds.). Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage: Electronic Edition. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
Chabot, Jean-Baptiste, ed. (1905). Chronique de Michel le Syrien (in French). Vol. III. Paris: Ernest Leroux.
Ignatius Jacob III (2008). History of the Monastery of Saint Matthew in Mosul. Translated by Matti Moosa. Gorgias Press. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
Mazzola, Marianna, ed. (2018). Bar 'Ebroyo's Ecclesiastical History : writing Church History in the 13th century Middle East. PSL Research University. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
Wilmshurst, David (2019). "West Syrian patriarchs and maphrians". In Daniel King (ed.). The Syriac World. Routledge. pp. 806–813.