Dionysius Telmaharensis

Dionysius Telmaharensis (died Aug. 22, 845) was a patriarch of the Syrian Jacobite church and author of an important source document on Eastern Christianity between the reigns of the Byzantine emperors Mauricius (582–602) and Theophilus (829–842). After some years as a monk in Syria, Dionysius was chosen patriarch and ordained a priest in 818 in the Jacobite church, which took its name from Jacob Baradaeus. Although Dionysius’ position was contested by a rival schismatic group...