Eliya I of Seleucia-Ctesiphon

Not to be confused with his contemporary, the chronicler and Nestorian bishop Eliya of Nisibis.
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Eliya I
Patriarch of All the East
ChurchChurch of the East
SeeSeleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed1028
Term ended1049
PredecessorIshoyahb IV
SuccessorYohannan VII
Other postBishop of Tirhan
Personal details
Died1049 (1050)
BuriedGreek Palace, Baghdad
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Eliya I (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1028 to 1049. He is also known as the author of an early grammar of Syriac written around the year 1000.

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