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Theodosius Romanus

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Church
  
Syriac Orthodox Church

Predecessor
  
Ignatius II

See
  
Antioch

Successor
  
Dionysius II

Installed
  
887

Name
  
Theodosius Romanus

Term ended
  
896


Theodosius Romanus (died 1 June 896) was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 887 until his death in 896.

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Biography

Romanus was born in the 9th century in the city of Tagrit and later went on to become a monk at the Monastery of Qartmin where he also studied and mastered medicine to the point that he became known as a skilled physician.

The synod of the Syriac Orthodox Church met in the city of Amid and elected and consecrated Romanus as patriarch on 5 February 887, upon which he adopted the name Theodosius. During his tenure as patriarch, Theodosius Romanus ordained 32 metropolitan bishops, and served as patriarch until his death on 1 June 896.

Works

Theodosius' work includes a lengthy commentary on Pseudo-Hierotheus, the first two treatises of which he wrote whilst staying at Amid before finishing the third treatise at Samosata. He also wrote a treatise explaining the maxims of various philosophers, including a collection 112 Pythagorean maxims, most of which he had translated from Greek into Syriac.

As well as this, Theodosius is known to have written a medical syntagma, a synodical epistle and a Lenten homily in Arabic.

References

Theodosius Romanus Wikipedia