Ignatius Behnam of Hadl

Patriarch Barhnam of Hidl was the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch during 1445—1454. He was a prolific poet and great writer. He became a monk at the Qartmin Monastery and was ordained a priest. He was elevated as a Maphrian in 1404 and was later made Patriarch. [Barsoum, Ignatius A. The Scattered Pearls. 2nd ed. Piscataway: Georgias P, 2003.]

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