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Denha I
Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East
ChurchSyriac Orthodox Church
Installed649
Term ended659
PredecessorMarutha
SuccessorBarishoʿ
Personal details
Died3 November 659
Sainthood
Feast day2 October
Venerated inSyriac Orthodox Church

Denha I (Syriac: ܕܢܚܐ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܡܦܪܝܢܐ ܕܬܓܪܝܬ, Arabic: دنحا الاول مفريان المشرق)[1] was the Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East from 649 until his death in 659.[2] He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Martyrology of Rabban Sliba, and his feast day is 2 October.[3]

Biography

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Denha became a monk at the monastery of Saint Matthew near Mosul and studied under Marutha, who would later ascend to the office of Grand Metropolitan of the East, the highest-ranking prelate amongst the miaphysite bishops in the former Sasanian Empire.[4] After Marutha's death on 2 May 649 (AG 960), Denha was chosen to succeed him and was thus brought before the Patriarch Theodore and ordained as archbishop of Tikrit and Grand Metropolitan of the East.[5] It was formerly asserted by the French orientalist Rubens Duval that Denha was the first miaphysite Grand Metropolitan of the East to hold the title maphrian,[6] however, it was likely not in use until c. 1100.[7] He served until his death on 3 November 659 (AG 970) and he was buried with Marutha at the cathedral in the citadel of Tikrit.[5]

Works

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Denha wrote a hagiography of Marutha (Brit. Mus. MS. 14645), which was later translated by the French Syriacist François Nau.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent (17 August 2016). "Denha I, maphrian". Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
  • ^ Wilmshurst (2019), p. 810.
  • ^ Fiey (2004), p. 68.
  • ^ a b Barsoum (2003), p. 325.
  • ^ a b Mazzola (2018), pp. 359–360.
  • ^ Duval (2013), p. 326.
  • ^ Nicholson (2018), p. 957.
  • Bibliography

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  • Duval, Rubens (2013). Syriac Literature. Translated by Olivier Holmey. Gorgias Press.
  • Fiey, Jean Maurice (2004). Lawrence Conrad (ed.). Saints Syriaques. The Darwin Press.
  • Mazzola, Marianna, ed. (2018). Bar 'Ebroyo's Ecclesiastical History : writing Church History in the 13th century Middle East. PSL Research University. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  • Nicholson, Oliver, ed. (2018). The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity. Oxford University Press.
  • Wilmshurst, David (2019). "West Syrian patriarchs and maphrians". In Daniel King (ed.). The Syriac World. Routledge. pp. 806–813.
  • Preceded by

    Marutha

    Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East
    649–659
    Succeeded by

    Barishoʿ

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