Eliya VI

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Eliya VI
Patriarch of All the East
ChurchChurch of the East
Installed1558
Term ended1591
PredecessorShemon VII Ishoyahb
SuccessorEliya VII
Personal details
DiedMay 26, 1591
ResidenceRabban Hormizd Monastery

Eliya VI (Syriac: ܐܠܝܐ / Elīyā, d. 26 May 1591) was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1558 to 1591, with residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery, near Alqosh, in modern Iraq. In older historiography, he was designated as Eliya VI, but later renumbered as Eliya "VII" by some authors, who believed that during the period from 1558 to 1591 there were two successive Eliya patriarchs (first in 1558-1576, and second in 1576-1591). After the resolution of several chronological questions, he was designated again as Eliya VI, and that numeration is accepted in recent scholarly works.

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