Baselios Yeldo
Saint Baselios Yeldo | |
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Tomb of Mor Baselios Yeldo. (No picture or icon of the saint presently available) | |
| Maphrian of the East | |
| Born | 1593 Bakhdida, Ottoman Empire |
| Died | 29 September 1685 Kothamangalam |
| Venerated in | Syriac Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodox Christianity |
| Canonized | 2 November 1947 by Baselios Geevarghese II of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church, 20 October 1987 by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas |
| Major shrine | St. Thomas Church, Kothamangalam |
| Feast | 3 October |
Saint Baselios Yeldo (യൽദോ മാർ ബസ്സേലിയോസ് ബാവ) was the Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1678 until his resignation in 1684. He is venerated as a saint in the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and Syriac Orthodox Church and his feast day is 3 October. His tomb is situated in Marthoman Cheriyapally, Kothamangalam and his feast is celebrated as Kanni 20th perunnal (കന്നി 20 പെരുന്നാൾ) which gather many pilgrims to the Tomb.
Yeldo was proclaimed a saint canonised by Baselios Geevarghese II Catholicos of the East and Malankara Metropolitan of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church in 1947 and Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, on 20 October 1987.