Severus of Antioch

Saint

Severus the Great

Crown of Syrian
Saint; Severus the Great; Crown of Syrian
Patriarch of Antioch and all of the East
Church	Syriac Orthodox Church
Installed	16 November 512
Term ended	5 February 538
Predecessor	Flavian II of Antioch
Successor	Sergius of Tella
Personal details
Born	c. 459/465; Sozopolis, Eastern Roman Empire; (modern-day Uluborlu, Isparta, Turkey)
Died	5 February 538; Xois, Eastern Roman Empire; (modern-day Sakha, Egypt)
Buried	Zogag Monastery
Nationality	Roman
Denomination	Oriental Orthodoxy
Sainthood
Feast day	8 February (Coptic Church), 29 September (Syriac Orthodox)
Venerated in	Oriental Orthodox Churches

Severus the Great of Antioch (Greek: Σεβῆρος; Syriac: ܣܘܝܪܝܘܣ ܕܐܢܛܝܘܟܝܐ),^[3] also known as Severus of Gaza^[4] or the Crown of Syrians^[5] (Syriac: ܬܓܐ ܕܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ, romanized: Tagha d'Suryoye; Arabic: تاج السوريان, romanized: Taj al-Suriyan), was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, from 512 until his death in 538. He is venerated as a saint in the Oriental Orthodox Church, and his feast day is 8 February.

^ https://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/6_9.html
^ Curtin, D. P. (July 2015). Jacobite Arab Synaxarium- Volume I. Dalcassian Publishing Company. ISBN 9781088061237.
^ Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent (17 August 2016). "Severus of Antioch". Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ Evans (2000), p. 106
^ emorales (17 May 2016). "The Biography of Patriarch Severus of Antioch (512-538) Written by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Cyriacus of Tikrit (793-817)". Atla. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

[1] ttps://www.copticchurch.net/synaxarium/6_9.html

[2] Curtin, D. P. (July 2015). Jacobite Arab Synaxarium- Volume I. Dalcassian Publishing Company. ISBN 9781088061237.

[3] Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent (17 August 2016). "Severus of Antioch". Qadishe: A Guide to the Syriac Saints. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[4] Evans (2000), p. 106

[5] rales (17 May 2016). "The Biography of Patriarch Severus of Antioch (512-538) Written by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Cyriacus of Tikrit (793-817)". Atla. Retrieved 15 November 2022.

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