Theodosius Romanus

Theodosius Romanus
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Church Syriac Orthodox Church
See Antioch
Installed 887
Term ended 896
Predecessor Ignatius II
Successor Dionysius II
Personal details
Birth name Romanus
Born Tagrit, Abbasid Caliphate
Died 896

Theodosius Romanus was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 887 until his death in 896.

Biography

Romanus was born in the 9th century in the city of Tagrit and later went on to become a monk at the Monastery of Qartmin where he also studied and mastered medicine to the point that he became known as a skilled physician.

He was consecrated patriarch on 5 February 887, upon which he adopted the name Theodosius; during his tenure as patriarch he ordained 32 metropolitans. Theodosius served as patriarch until his death on 1 June 897.

Works

Theodosius' work includes a lengthy commentary on Pseudo-Hierotheus, the first two treatises of which he wrote whilst staying at Amid before finishing the third treatise at Samosata. He also wrote a treatise explaining the maxims of various philosophers, including a collection 112 Pythagorean maxims, most of which he had translated from Greek into Syriac.

As well as this, Theodosius is known to have written a medical syntagma, a synodical epistle and a Lenten homily in Arabic.

References

Preceded by
Ignatius II		 Syrian Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
887–896 		Succeeded by
Dionysius II
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