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DATES1	DATES2	NAME	SAINT	FEAST DAY(S)
	bef 54	(Peter)	y
bef 68	96	Euodios
96	bef 117	Ignatios	y	12/20
		Hero (Heros)
		Kornelios
		Eros
		Theophilos
		Maximinos
		Serapion
		Asklepiades
		Philetos
		Zebinnos
		Babylas	y
		Fabios
		Demetrios
		Paul of Samosota	n
		Domnus
		Timaeos
279/280	303 exiled	Kyril I
304	about 314	Tyrannos
about 314	320	Vital
320	324	Philogonos	y	12/20
324 or 325	330 deposed	Eustathios	y	02/21
330 [six months]		Paulinos II [trans from Tyre]
331	332	Eulalios
332	333	Euphronios
333	342?	Flakillos
342	344	Stephen I
344	358	Leontios
358	359	Eudoxios [elected bishop of CP in 360]
359	immed exiled	Annanios
360	381	Meletios	y	02/12
360	376	Euzoïos [Arian]
362	388	Paulinos II [Catholic]
375?		Vital [Apollinarist]
376	381?	Dorotheos [Arian]
381 end	404 Sep	Flavianos [successor of Meletios]
388	392/393	Evagrios [successor to Paulinos]
404	414?	Porphyry
414	424	Alexander
424	428	Theodotos
428	441/442	John I
441/442	450	Domnos
451	455	Maximos
457	455	Basil
457	459	Akakios
459 bef Sep	470	Martyrios
470		Peter the Foulon (1) [some think he had four distinct episcopates]
471?	475	Julian
476 end	477 beg	John II Kodonatos
477 spring	479	Stephen II [Ths existence of another Stephen, successor of the preceding is discussed.]
479	484	Kalendonion
485	489	Peter the Foulon (3)
490	498	Palladios
498	512 autumn	Flavian II
512 Nov 18	518 Sep 29 [+538 Feb 8]	Severos
		MELKITE PATRIARCHS
519 summer	521 Spring	Paul II
521 spring	526 May 26	Euphrates
527 Apr/May	545	Ephrem
545	559	Domninos
559	570	Anastasios I (1)
570	593	Gregory
593 Mar 25	598	Anastasios I (2)
598 end/ 599 beg	609	Anastasios II
30 years		vacancy
639	after 649	Makedonios
?	?	George
?	681 Mar 7	Makarios I
681 Mar 8/Apr 5	-	Theophanes
?	685?	Thomas
685?	702?	George II
742/743	744/745	Stephen III
744	750	Theophylakt Bar Qanbara
750/751	773/774	Theodore I
bef 787	?	Theodoret
813/814	844/845	Job
845	867	Nicholas I
concurrent 845	btw 861 & 869	Eustathios
870		Stephen IV
870	890	Theodosios I
892	907	Simeon I
907	934 Jul 24	Elijah I
936 Aug	943	Theodosios II
944	948	Theokaristos
960	969	Christopher
969 Nov/Dec		Eustratios
970 Jan 23	976 May 29	Theodore II
978 Jan 20	996 Sep	Agapios
996 Oct 4	1021 Jul	John III
1025 Jan 17	1030 Oct 8	Nicholas II
1032 Apr 1	1033 Sep 8	Elijah II
1034 Mar 3	1042 Sep 24	Theodore III
?	?	Basil II
1052 spring	1056 after Aug	Peter III
1056 aft Aug	1057 bef Aug 15	Dionysios [also called John (IV) in an Armenian source]
1057 bef Aug 30	1059 aft Apr 4	Theodosios III
? -1074	1079/1080	Emilian
1079/1080	?	Nikephoros the Black
perhaps 1088/1089 or 1091 Feb	1100 Oct	John IV or V
1106	1134?	John V or VI
1137/1138	1156	Luke
1156 end	1157 May 1	Soterichos Panteugenos - elected pat., but repousse May 1157
1157	1171 Jun 22	Athanasios III
?-1173	1179 or after	Kyril II
bef 1189	1195 or after	Theodore IV Balsamon
bef 1206	aft 1235	Simeon II
?	?	David
bef 1258	about 1274	Euthymios I
1275 Jun	1283/1284	Theodosios V de Villehardouin
1283/1284	about 1286	Arsenios
transferred from Tyre 1308, enthroned at Tyre1287, until 1308		Kyril III
transferred from Pompeiopolis, concurrently elected in Cilicia, enthroned 2nd semester 1287, not recognized by CP, soul titulary 1309-1316		Dionysios I or II
?	?	Kyril IV
?	?	Dionysios II or III
?	?	Sophronios
1344 bef Nov	bef 1349	Ignatios II
bef 1349	1368	Pachomias I (1)
1368	1375 Aug 17	Michael I
1375 Aug	1377 mid year	Pachomias I (2)
1377 Apr	1378 Apr 10	Mark I
1378 Apr	1386 Dec 19	Pachomias I (3)
bef 1388 Jan	?	Nilos
?	1395 Jan 11	Nikon
1395 Feb 6	1412 Apr 18	Michael II
1412 Jun 1	1412 Oct 9	Pachomias II
?	1424-1425	Joachim I
1426/1427	?	Mark II
1434/1435	1451 Sep 8	Dorotheos I
1451 Sep 14	1456?	Michael III
1456?	1457/1458	Mark III
1458 bef Jun	1459 after Jun 1	Joachim II
about 1470/1474	bef 1484	Michael IV
bef 1438	after 1500	Dorotheos II
		JACOBITE PATRIARCHS
557/558	about 561	Sergios of Teila
564	577 ret to CP, died 584	Paul the Black
581	591	Peter of Kallinikos
591	594	Julian I
595	631	Athanasios the Cameldriver
631	648 Dec 14	John I
649	667	Theodore
668	680 or 684	Severos
684	687 Sep 11	Athanasios II
687 Nov	708	Julian II
709	722 Oct 3	Elijah
724 Apr	740	Athanasios III
740	754 Oct	John II
754		Isaac, intruder
755/756	758 or 759	Athanasios Sandalya, intruder
758 Dec	790 (in prison 758-777	George
758/9	763/764	John of Kallinikos, intruder
763/764	bef 777	David of Dara, intruder
790	792 Jan	Joseph
793 Aug	817 Aug 16	Kyriakos
808	837	Abraham, intruder
818 Jun	845 Aug 22	Dionysios I
837	?	Simeon, intruder
846 Nov 21	873 Dec 3	John III
878 Jun 5	883 Mar 26	Ignatios
887 Feb 5	896 Jun 1	Theodosios
897 Apr	909 Apr 18	Dionysios II
910 Apr 21	933 Nov 30	John IV
923 Aug 15	935 Mar 25	Basil I
936 Aug 28	953 Jul 3	John V
954 Jul 18	957 Jan 31	John VI
957 Nov 28	961 Jun 2	Dionysios III
962 May 25	963 Mar 4	Abraham
965 Jul 9	985	John VII
986 Oct 21	1003	Athanasios V, also known as Lazaros
1004 Jul 6	1033 Feb 3 (exiled)	John VIII bar Abdoun
1034	1044	Dionysios IV
1049 Aug	1058	John IX
1058	1063	Athanasios VI
1064	1073	John X
1074 Jan 6	1075 Jul	Basil II
1075	about 1095	John XI Abdoun
		Concurrents
1077 Apr 7	1077 Dec	Dionysios V
1080 OR 1084	1082 OR 1086	John XII
1088	1090	Dionysios VI
1090 Dec 1	1129 Jun 8	Athanasios VII
1130 Feb 17	1137	John XIII
1138 Dec 4	1166 Jul 14	Athanasios VIII
1166 Oct 18	1199 Nov 7	Michael I
1200	1215	Michael II, intruder
1199 Dec 19	1207	Athanasios IX
1208	1220	John XIV
1222 May 22	1252 Jun 14	Ignatios II
1252 Sep 14	1261 Feb 18	Dionysios VII
		Concurrent
1252 Dec 4	1261 Feb 18	John XV
1264 Feb 6	1282 Nov 17	Ignatios III
1283 Feb 2	1292 beg July	Ignatios IV, Philoxenos
		DIVISION OF PATRIARCHATE
		WESTERN JACOBITES (Armenia, Syria)
		Simultaneously
1292 Nov	1293 Nov	Constantine, Met of Melitene, at Melitine
1292 Nov	1312 Dec 7	Ignatios Michael Barsumas, archimandrite of Gavicatha
1312	1349	Michael Joshua Barsusan
1349	1387	Basil Gabriel
1387	1421	Philoxenos the Serb, bishop of Damascus
1421	1445	Basil Simeon Manaamita [Last Patriarch of this Series]
		EASTERN JACOBITES (Mesopotamia)
		At Mardin
1293 Jan 1	1332 Apr 15	Ignatios V-I Bar Vahib
1332	1365 Jun 4	Ignatios VI-II Ishmael Almaged
1365	1381 Jan	Ignatios VII-III Schahab
1381	1412	Ignatios VIII-IV Abraham Bar-Garib
1412	1455	Ignatios IX-V Behena
1455 May 25	1484	Ignatios X-VI Chaleph
1484	1493 Sep	Ignatios XI-VII John Bar-Sila
		concurrent
1484	?	Ignatios Isa
1493	1509 Jul 28	Ignatios XII-VIII Noah [continued?]
		At Tour-Abdin
1364 Aug 6	1390	Ignatios I Saba of Salacha
1390	1412, chasse by Vizier, m 1421	Ignatios II Joshua Bar-Muta
1412	1420	Ignatios III Masud
1421	1446	Ignatios IV Henoch
1446	1455	Ignatios V Koumas Philoxenos
1455	1466	Ignatios VI Joshua Basil
1466	1489	Ignatios VII Aziz Bar-Sabra
1489	1493 Feb 22	John Bar-Couphar
		concurrent
1489	?	Schaba
1493	1495 abdicated	Ignatios VIII, Masud [Last Patriarch at Tour-Abdin]

Notes

Note: I am willing to add the names and dates of Patriarchs since the 15th century, if someone will send them to me.

The table presents the following information

Date1: date of election/appointment/installation

Date2: date of death/exile/deposition
Under "Date",

beg = beginning of

btw = between

dep = deposed

end = end of

exile = exiled

prob = probably

Name: Name of holder of position. Since many patriarchs held the title more than once, the (ºnumber) inside parentheses indicates which of various times this particular time is.

Saint: if the holder was later celebrated in calendars.

Feast Day(s): Date on which celebration was/is held.

CAVEATS

Since canonization was long a haphazard affair in the Orthodox Church, the indicated saintliness of the various patriarchs, based on a variety of pieces of information is not meant to be definitive in this listing. Corrections and suggestions welcome.

Sources:

c.54-279

Eusebios, History of the Church from Constantine to Christ, trans. G.A. Williamson, (New York: Penguin, 1965), Appendix A:, pp. 415-417

282-1500

Venance Grumel, La Chronologie, Vol. 1 of Traité d'etudes byzantines, ed. Paul Lemerle, (Paris: Presses universitaires de France, 1958), 446-450