Cyril VII Siaj

Cyril VII Siaj
Patriarch of Antioch
ChurchMelkite Greek Catholic Church
SeePatriarch of Antioch
Installed11 December 1794
Term ended6 August 1796
PredecessorAthanasius IV Jawhar
SuccessorAgapius II Matar
Orders
ConsecrationDecember 1763 (Bishop)
by Euthymius Fadel
Personal details
Born
Francis Siaj
Died6 August 1796
Aitanite, Lebanon

Cyril VII Francis Siaj (or Siage or Siagi) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796.

Life

Francis 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

  1. ^ a b Charon (Korolevsky), Cyril (1998) [1902]. History of the Melkite Patriarchates. Vol. 1. Eastern Christian Publications. ISBN 1-892278-01-4.
  2. ^ Bacel, Paul (1912). "L' Église Melkite au XVIII Siècle - Nouvelles intrigues de Jauhar". Échos d'Orient. 15: 226.
  3. ^ Mansi, Joannes Dominicus (1909). Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio. Vol. 46. pp. 565–566.
  4. ^ on 30 November according to the Julian calendar
  5. ^ Korolevsky, Cyril (1924). "Antioche". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. Vol. 3. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. p. 651.
  6. ^ on 26 July according to the Julian calendar
Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Patriarch of Antioch
1794–1796 		Succeeded by