Talk:Ignatius Gregory Peter VI Shahbaddin

Abbeloos and Lamy's Summary of Shabaddin's Patriarchate
Dear A ntv,

You've obviously been doing a lot of work recently!

You may be interested to read this brief account of Shahbaddin's patriarchate given by Abbeloos and Lamy in an appendix to their Latin translation of the Ecclesiastical Chronicle of Bar Hebraeus (Volume I, page 849). In general it seems to agree with the facts as given by you, but I note that he is described as archbishop, not bishop, of Jerusalem before he became patriarch:

Ignatius Peter Gregory, originally archbishop of Jerusalem, was a relative of the Jacobite patriarch Abd al-Masih, and was elected by the Catholics to replace Andrew Akijan in 1678. In the same year he created two orthodox bishops, Gregory Isho for Jerusalem and Dionysius Rizqallah for Aleppo. In the following year he was confirmed as patriarch by the Roman pontiff, and appointed Basil Isaac maphrian of the East. He died in prison in Adana, on 4 March 1701. The English translation from the original Latin is mine. I can easily let you have the Latin version if you need it.

Djwilms (talk) 07:22, 5 September 2011 (UTC)
 * Thank you. Yes, for sure Jerusalem and Aleppo are "archbishop" sees. I dont know exactly for the Syrian Church, but for example the Melkite Church has only "archbishops" (an inflaction in titles...). Fixed the Article, adding also the standard "Dionysius and Grerory". On about the year of the death, (1701 in place of 1702 I've used), I've followed the long and detailed contemporary source (in Italian, so easy to be read) published by Rabbath in his vol 2 (note 5 to the Article), which fits with the letters of the Franch ambassator published always by the Rabbath in his vol 1. 1702 is confirmed not only by the primary sources, but also by the Metzler and the John, the best secondary sources. A ntv (talk) 10:13, 5 September 2011 (UTC)