Dionysius II of Antioch

Dionysius II was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 896 until his death in 909.^[1]

Biography

Prior to becoming patriarch Dionysius was a monk and studied at the Monastery of Beth Batin. Soon after his consecration in April 896, Dionysius held a synod at the Monastery of Mar Shila, which was attended by thirty-five bishops. During the synod he issued twenty-five canons.

During his tenure as patriarch, Dionysius ordained forty-nine metropolitans and bishops before his death at the Monastery of Beth Batin in 909.

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Patriarchs of the Syriac Orthodox Church
6th–9th centuries	Severus I (512–538) Sergius of Tella (544–546) Paul II (550–575) Peter III of Raqqa (581–591) Julian I (591–595) Athanasius I Gammolo (595–631) John II (631–648) Theodore (649–667) Severus II bar Masqeh (667–681) Athanasius II Baldoyo (683–686) Julian II (686–708) Elias I (709–723) Athanasius III (724–740) Iwannis I (740–754) Iwannis Isaac (754–756) Athanasius Sandalaya (756–758) George I (758–790) Joseph (790–792) Quriaqos (793–817) Dionysius I Telmaharoyo (818–45) John III (846–873) Ignatius II (878–883) Theodosius Romanus (887–896) Dionysius II (897–909)
10th–13th centuries	John IV Qurzahli (910–922) Baselius I (923–935) John V (936–953) Iwanis II (954–957) Dionysius III (958–961) Abraham I (962–963) John VI Sarigta (965–985) Athanasius IV of Salh (986–1002) John VII bar ʿAbdon (1004–1033) Dionysius IV Yahya (1034–1044) John VIII bar ʿAbdon (1049–1057) Athanasius V Haya (1058–1063) John IX bar Shushan (1063–1072) Baselius II (1073–1075) John Abdun (1075–1077) Dionysius V Lazarus (1077–1078) Iwannis III (1080–1082) Dionysius VI (1088–1090) Athanasius VI bar Khamoro (1091–1129) John X bar Mawdyono (1129–1137) Athanasius VII bar Qutreh (1138–1136) Michael I Rabo (1166–1199) Athanasius VIII (1200–1207) John XI Yeshu (1208–1220) Ignatius III David (1222–1252) John XII bar Maʿdani (1252–1263) Ignatius IV Yeshu (1264–1283) Philoxenus I Nemrud (1283–1292) Michael II (1292–1312)
Patriarchs of Mardin, 1293–1445	Ignatius bar Wahib (1293–1333) Ignatius Ismail (1333–1366) Ignatius Shahab (1366–1381) Ignatius Abraham bar Garib (1381–1412) Ignatius Behnam Hadliyo (1412–1445)
Patriarchs of Melitene, 1293–1360	Ignatius Constantine (1293–c.1349) Ignatius Philoxenus (1349–c.1360)
Patriarchs of Tur Abdin, 1364–1844	Ignatius Saba of Salah (1364–1389) Ignatius Joshua bar Muta (1390–1412) Ignatius Mas'ud of Salah (1412–1420) Ignatius Henoch of 'Ayn Ward (1421–1446) Ignatius Qoma of Ba Sabrina (1446–1455) Ignatius Joshua of Salah (1455–1466) Ignatius Philoxene bar Sabra (1460–1482) Ignatius Saba of Arbo (1482–1488) Ignatius John bar Qofer (1489–1492) Ignatius Mas'ud of Zaz (1492–1512) Ignatius Isho' of Zaz (1515–1524) Ignatius Simon of Hattakh (1524–1551) Ignatius Jacob of Hisn Kifa (1551–1571) Ignatius Sahdo of Midyat(1584–1621) Ignatius Simon (c.1624) Ignatius 'Abd Allah of Midyat (1628–?) Ignatius Habib Hadodo of Midyat (1674–1707) Ignatius Denha of 'Arnas (1707–1725) Ignatius Barsum of Midyat (1740–1791) Ignatius Aho of Arbo (1791–?) Ignatius Isaiah of Arbo (1804–1816)
14th–17th centuries	Michael III Yeshu (1312–1349) Baselius III Gabriel (1349–1387) Philoxenus II (1387–1421) Baselius IV Simon (1421–1444) Ignatius Behnam Hadliyo (1445–1454) Ignatius Chaleph of Maʿdan (1455–1483) Ignatius John XIII (1483–1493) Ignatius Noah of Lebanon (1493–1509) Ignatius Yeshu I (1509–1512) Ignatius Jacob I (1512–1517) Ignatius David I (1517–1520) Ignatius Abded Aloho I Stephan (1521–1557) Ignatius Nemet Aloho (1557–1576) Ignatius David II Shah (1576–1591) Ignatius Pilate I (1591–1597) Ignatius Hidayat Aloho (1597–1639) Ignatius Simon I (1640–1659) Ignatius Yeshu II Qamsheh (1659–1662) Ignatius Abded Mshiho I (1662–1686) Ignatius George II (1687–1708)
18th century–present	Ignatius Isaac Azar (1709–1722) Ignatius Shukr Aloho (1722–1745) Ignatius George III (1745–1768) Ignatius George IV (1768–1781) Ignatius Matthew (1783–1817) Ignatius John (1817–1818) Ignatius George V (1819–1837) Ignatius Elias II (1838–1847) Ignatius Jacob II (1847–1871) Ignatius Peter IV (1872–1894) Ignatius Abded Mshiho II (1895–1905) Ignatius Abded Aloho II (1906–1915) Ignatius Elias III (1917–1932) Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum (1933–1957) Ignatius Jacob III (1957–1980) Ignatius Zakka I Iwas (1980–2014) Ignatius Aphrem II (2014–Present)
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