Shimun (Syriac alphabet: ܫܡܥܘܢ), also transliterated as Shemʿon[1] or Shimon[2] is the form of Simon used in Classical Syriac and other Aramaic languages.
Mar Shimun may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East or Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon:
- Shemʿon bar Sabbaʿe, (329-341), Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Shemʿon II (1365–1392), Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Shemʿon III (1403–1407), Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Shemʿon IV (1437–1497), Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Shemʿon V (1497–1501), Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Shemʿon VI (1503–1538), Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Shemʿon VII (1538–1551), Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb, (1539–1558) Patriarch of the Church of the East
- Shemʿon VIII (1553–1555), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Shimun IX (1558)
- Shimun IX Dinkha (1580–1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Shimun X Eliyah (1600–1638), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638–1656), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656–1662), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
- Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662–1692), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and after breaking the Communion with Rome in 1692, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East until 1700
- Shimun XIV Shlemon (1700–1740), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740–1780), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Shimun XVI Yohannan (1780–1820), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Shimun XVII Abraham (1820–1860), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Shimun XVIII Rubil (1860–1903), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Shimun XIX Benyamin (1903–1918), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Shimun XX Paulos (1918–1920), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
- Shimun XXI Eshai (1920–1975) (assassinated), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
See also
References
- ↑ Rompay, Lucas Van. "Shemʿon bar Ṣabbaʿe". Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- ↑ Mar Abimalek Timotheus: A Biography. Mar Timotheus Memorial Orphanage. 1975. p. 282.
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