- Denha I
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Mar Denha I Religion Christianity Personal Died 1281 Senior posting Based in Baghdad Title Patriarch Period in office 1265-1281 Denha I was Patriarch of the Church of the East (sometimes referred to as the Nestorian church) from 1265 to 1281. He was widely suspected of murdering Shem'on Bar Qaligh, bishop of Tus, and was remembered by later generations as Denha Qatola, 'Denha the Murderer'.
Patriarchate
Denha I was patriarch when Rabban Bar Sauma and his companion Rabban Markos arrived in Persia, on their pilgrimage from China towards Jerusalem. Denha had his seat in Baghdad at that time, and requested the two monks to visit the court of Abaqa in order to obtain confirmation letters for Mar Denha's ordination as Patriarch. During their journey, Denha appointed Rabban Markos as Bishop.
Later, Denha charged the monks to return to China as his messengers. However, their departure was delayed due to armed conflict along the route. When Denha died, Markos was elected as his successor.
References
- James A. Montgomery, History of Yaballaha III, (New York: Columbia University Press, 1927).
- E. A. Wallis Budge, The Monks of Kublai Khan, (London: Religious Tract Society, 1928).
- Paul Bedjan, Histoire de Mar Jab-Alaha, Patriarche, (1888, 2nd ed 1995; reprint Gorgias, 2007). Syriac text on which the translations of Montgomery and Budge are based.
- Gregory Barhebraeus, Chronicon Ecclesiasticum, ed. J. B. Abbeloos and T. J. Lamy, (Paris: Maisonneuve, 1877), 3: II, cols.451ff.
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Preceded by
Makkikha II
(1257–1265)Catholicus-Patriarch of the East
1265–1281Succeeded by
Yahballaha III
(1281–1317)Patriarchs of the Church of the East 1st–4th centuries Addai · Aggai (66–87) · Mari (ob.104) · Abris (121–37) · Abraham (159–71) · Yaʿqob I (c.190) · Ahadabui (204–20) · Shahlufa (220–4) · Papa (c.280–317) · Shemʿon Bar Sabbaʿe (329–41) · Shahdost (341–3) · Barbaʿshmin (343–6) · Tomarsa (363–71) · Qayyoma (377–99)
5th–8th centuries Isaac (399–410) · Ahha (410–14) · Yahballaha I (415–20) · Maʿna (420) · Farbokht (421) · Dadishoʿ (421–56) · Babowai (457–84) · Acacius (485–96) · Babai (497–503) · Shila (503–23) · Elishaʿ (524–37) · Narsai intrusus (524–37) · Paul (539) · Aba I (540–52) · Joseph (552–67) · Ezekiel (570–81) · Ishoʿyahb I (582–95) · Sabrishoʿ I (596–604) · Gregory (605–9) · Ishoʿyahb II (628–45) · Maremmeh (646–9) · Ishoʿyahb III (649–59) · Giwargis I (661–80) · Yohannan I (680–3) · Hnanishoʿ I (686–98) · Yohannan Garba intrusus (691–3) · Sliba-zkha (714–28) · Pethion (731–40) · Aba II (741–51) · Surin (753) · Yaʿqob II (753–73) · Hnanishoʿ II (773–80) · Timothy I (780–823) ·
9th–12th centuries Ishoʿ Bar Nun (823–8) · Giwargis II (828–31) · Sabrishoʿ II (831–5) · Abraham II (837–50) · Theodosius (853–8) · Sargis (860–72) · Israel of Kashkar intrusus (877) · Enosh (877–84) · Yohannan II (884–91) · Yohannan III (893–9) · Yohannan IV (900–05) · Abraham III (906–37) · Emmanuel I (937–60) · Israel (961) · ʿAbdishoʿ I (963–86) · Mari (987–99) · Yohannan V (1000–11) · Yohannan VI (1012–16) · Ishoʿyahb IV (1020–5) · Eliya I (1028–49) · Yohannan VII (1049–57) · Sabrishoʿ III (1064–72) · ʿAbdishoʿ II (1074–90) · Makkikha I (1092–1110) · Eliya II (1111–32) · Bar Sawma (1134–6) · ʿAbdishoʿ III (1139–48) · Ishoʿyahb V (1149–75) · Eliya III (1176–90)
13th–16th centuries Yahballaha II (1190–1222) · Sabrishoʿ IV (1222–4) · Sabrishoʿ V (1226–56) · Makkikha II (1257–65) · Denha I (1265–81) · Yahballaha III (1281–1317) · Timothy II (1318–c.1332) · Denha II (1336/7–1381/2) · Eliya V (1503–4) · Eastern Christianity Portal · Patriarch List
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