Cyril VII Siaj

Cyril VII Siaj
Patriarch of Antioch
Church	Melkite Greek Catholic Church
See	Patriarch of Antioch
Enthroned	11 December 1794
Reign ended	6 August 1796
Predecessor	Athanasius IV Jawhar
Successor	Agapius II Matar
Orders
Consecration	December 1763 (Bishop) by Euthymius Fadel
Personal details
Birth name	Francis Siaj
Died	6 August 1796 Aitanite, Lebanon

Cyril VII Francis Siaj (or Siage or Siagi) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796.

Life

Francis Siaj was a monk of the Basilian Salvatorian Order. Between 1760 and 1768 he was a open partisan of Athanasius Jawhar in the clashes for the patriarchate between patriarch Theodosius V Dahan and anti-patriarch Athanasius Jawhar. In this frame he went with Jawhar to Rome in 1762, and when returned to Lebanon he was consecrated bishop of Bosra and Hauran a few days after 23 December 1763, and took the name Cyril.^[1]:67 Because his consecration was celebrated by Euthymius Fadel bishop of Zahle and Forzol and a partisan of Jawhar,^[2] the patriarch Theodosius V Dahan did not recognized his appointment^[3] till the appeasement in 1768 between Theodosius Dahan and Athanasius Jawhar.

Cyril Francis Siaj was elected patriarch by the synod of bishops on 11 December^[4] 1794.^[5] His election was confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 28 June 1796. Cyril VII Siaj died on 6 August 1796^[6] at Aitanite, where he was buried.^[1]:77

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Charon (Korolevsky), Cyril (1998) [1902]. History of the Melkite Patriarchates. 1. Eastern Christian Pubblications. ISBN 1892278014. 
2. ^ Bacel, Paul (1912). "L' Église Melkite au XVIII Siècle - Nouvelles intrigues de Jauhar". Echos d'Orient 15: 226. http://www.archive.org/details/echosdorient15pariuoft. 
3. ^ Mansi, Joannes Dominicus (1909). Sacrorum Conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio. 46. pp. 565–566. http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/04z/z_1692-1769__Mansi_JD__Sacrorum_Conciliorum_Nova_Amplissima_Collectio_Vol_046__LT.pdf.html. 
4. ^ on 30 November according to the Julian calendar
5. ^ Korolevsky, Cyril (1924). "Antioche". Dictionnaire d'histoire et de géographie ecclésiastiques. 3. Paris: Letouzey et Ané. pp. 651. 
6. ^ on 26 July according to the Julian calendar

Persondata
Name	Siaj, Cyril VII
Alternative names	Siaj, Francis
Short description	Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church
Date of birth
Place of birth
Date of death	6 August 1796
Place of death	Aitanite, Lebanon