Ignatius John XIV

Ignatius John XIII bar Shay Allah
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Church	Syriac Orthodox Church
See	Antioch
Installed	1483
Term ended	1493
Predecessor	Ignatius Khalaf of Maʿdan
Successor	Ignatius Nuh of Lebanon
Personal details
Born	1442 Mardin, Aq Qoyunlu

Ignatius John XIII bar Shay Allah was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1483 until his death in 1493.

Biography

John was born in 1442 in the city of Mardin, where he would go on to study Syriac literature under Simon of Amid and John of Mardin. John also studied astronomy, dialectics, philosophy and theology in Mamluk Syria and Egypt. In 1471, John was ordained bishop of Sawro, near Mardin and was later consecrated patriarch in 1483.

In 1489, John ordained his successor, Noah of Lebanon, as Maphrian of the East. John was patriarch for ten years, during which he ordained fourteen metropolitans and bishops before his death in 1493.

References

• The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences - Ignatius Aphrem I Barsoum.
• "Catholicate of the East".