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John also wrote four homilies in Syriac on Palm Sunday, the Cross, the
Presentation of our Lord in the Temple and New Sunday which he later translated into Arabic. In addition to this, John wrote a liturgy and seven canons, six of which he issued at the
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Whilst acting as maphrian, John is known to have composed fifty-two short stories, one of which was translated into Arabic. As well as this John wrote an ode to Aaron the
Ascetic and a forty-seven page anthology, containing his most famous poem,
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Ignatius III David, John was elected as patriarch and was consecrated on 4 December 1252. John was patriarch for eleven years before his death in 1263 at the Baqismat Monastery in
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Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences - Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum
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Aaron was born in Ma'dan in the 13th century. In 1230, Aaron was ordained as metropolitan of
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1140:Ignatius Sohdo of Midyat
900:Athanasius VII bar Qatra
218:during John XII's tenure
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1253:Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo
1158:Ignatius Denho of Arnas
1051:Patriarchs of Tur Abdin
1025:Patriarchs of Melitene,
1015:Ignatius Behnam Hadloyo
732:Dionysius I Telmaharoyo
533:Christianity portal
474:Catholicoi of the East
396:Gregory II bar Hebraeus
1428:Ignatius Abdulmasih II
1374:Ignatius Shukrallah II
1319:Ignatius Hidayat Allah
1307:Ignatius David II Shah
1182:Severus Isaac of Azekh
927:Michael II the Younger
727:Abraham (807/808–837)†
579:Syriac Orthodox Church
360:Maphrians of the East
140:Syriac Orthodox Church
42:Syriac Orthodox Church
1458:Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
1345:Ignatius Abdulmasih I
1332:Ignatius Shukrallah I
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1249:(1421/1422–1444/1445)
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982:Patriarchs of Mardin,
954:John XIII bar Ma'dani
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820:Athanasius IV Salhoyo
647:Athanasius II Baldoyo
641:Severus II bar Masqeh
25:John XIII bar Ma'dani
1434:Ignatius Abdullah II
1361:18th century–present
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1170:Ignatius Aho of Arbo
1034:Ignatius Constantine
947:Dionysius VII ʿAngur
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826:John VIII bar Abdoun
686:Athanasius Sandalaya
623:Athanasius I Gammolo
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136:Patriarch of Antioch
118:Baqismat Monastery,
1538:13th-century births
1380:Ignatius George III
1295:Ignatius Abdullah I
1222:14th–17th centuries
1040:Ignatius Philoxenus
966:Philoxenus I Nemrud
913:Theodore bar Wahbun
822:(986/987–1002/1003)
771:10th–13th centuries
490:Baselios Paulose II
390:John VI bar Maʿdani
377:Dionysius bar Masih
1528:Syrian archbishops
1464:Ignatius Aphrem II
1452:Ignatius Jacob III
1440:Ignatius Elias III
1386:Ignatius George IV
1351:Ignatius George II
1122:Ignatius Yeshu III
1116:Ignatius Masʿud II
991:Ignatius bar Wahib
940:Ignatius III David
870:Dionysius V Laʿzar
850:John X bar Shushan
844:Athanasius V Yahyo
838:John IX bar ʿAbdun
832:Dionysius IV Yahyo
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1273:(1493/1494–1509)
1261:(1455/1456–1484)
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1424:(1872–1894)
1418:(1847–1871)
1400:(1817–1818)
1388:(1768–1781)
1370:(1709–1722)
1353:(1687–1708)
1327:(1640–1653)
1315:(1591–1597)
1309:(1576–1591)
1303:(1557–1576)
1297:(1521–1557)
1291:(1519–1521)
1267:(1484–1493)
1255:(1445–1455)
1237:(1349–1387)
1231:(1313–1349)
1214:(1834–1839)
1208:(1821–1844)
1202:(1816–1842)
1196:(1816–1839)
1190:(1805–1834)
1184:(1804–1816)
1178:(1791–1816)
1172:(1791–1816)
1166:(1740–1791)
1160:(1707–1725)
1154:(1674–1707)
1142:(1584–1621)
1136:(1551–1571)
1130:(1524–1551)
1124:(1515–1524)
1100:(1460–1482)
1094:(1455–1460)
1076:(1418–1420)
1070:(1389–1418)
1064:(1364–1389)
1036:(1292–1293)
1017:(1412–1445)
993:(1293–1333)
974:(1292–1312)
968:(1283–1292)
956:(1252–1263)
942:(1222–1252)
922:(1199–1207)
908:(1166–1199)
884:(1088–1090)
876:Iwannis III
858:(1074–1075)
834:(1031–1042)
749:Ignatius II
492:(1975–1996)
486:(1964–1975)
476:(1964–2002)
465:(1748–1764)
458:(1713-1727)
452:(1709–1713)
446:(1687–1709)
444:Basil Isaac
440:(1683–1686)
432:Basil Yeldo
428:(1597–1598)
422:(1555–1557)
416:(1509–1518)
410:(1490–1494)
404:(1404–1412)
398:(1264–1286)
392:(1232–1252)
386:(1215–1222)
372:(1164–1188)
362:(1075–1859)
212:Innocent IV
74:Predecessor
1502:Categories
972:Michael II
796:Iwannis II
710:(762–774)†
702:(758–762)†
688:(756–758)†
680:(755–756)†
653:Julian III
575:Patriarchs
408:Basil Noah
318:(559–1075)
264:1252–1263
223:References
66:Term ended
1543:Maphrians
1148:(c. 1628)
1055:1364–1844
1027:1293–1360
984:1293–1445
816:(965–985)
810:(962–963)
808:Abraham I
804:(958–961)
798:(954–957)
792:(936–953)
786:(923–935)
780:(910–922)
757:(887–896)
751:(878–883)
734:(818–845)
723:(793–817)
671:Iwannis I
631:(631–648)
619:(591–594)
617:Julian II
611:Peter III
595:(512–538)
593:Severus I
352:(649–659)
346:(629–649)
340:(614–624)
334:(578–609)
328:(559–575)
326:Ahudemmeh
146:Biography
84:Successor
58:Installed
934:John XII
856:Basil II
721:Quriaqos
693:George I
635:Theodore
629:John III
332:Qamishoʿ
202:See also
188:The Bird
156:maphrian
134:was the
790:John VI
784:Basil I
743:John IV
678:Isaac I
659:Elias I
605:Paul II
577:of the
350:Denha I
344:Marutha
52:Antioch
778:John V
715:Joseph
338:Samuel
164:Arabic
152:Mardin
107:Ma’dan
38:Church
181:Works
103:Aaron
214:and
116:1263
113:Died
99:Born
69:1263
61:1252
171:Sis
158:by
120:Sis
48:See
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