title: Dionysius II of Antioch
text: # Dionysius II of Antioch
  
  Dionysius II (Syriac: ܕܝܘܢܢܘܣܝܘܣ ܬܪܝܢܐ, Arabic: ديونيسيوس الثاني) was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 896/897 until his death in 908/909.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Dionysius studied and became a monk at the monastery of Beth Batin, near Harran in Upper Mesopotamia. He was chosen to succeed Theodosius Romanus as patriarch of Antioch in an election by lot, and was consecrated on 23 April 896/897 (AG 1208) by archbishop Jacob of Emesa at the village of Ashit, near Sarug, according to the histories of Michael the Syrian and Bar Hebraeus.
  
  Soon after his ascension to the patriarchal office, Dionysius convened a synod at the monastery of Saint Shila, at which he issued twenty-five canons and was attended by thirty-five bishops. He served as patriarch of Antioch until his death on 18 April 908/909 (AG 1220) at the monastery of Beth Batin, where he was buried. As patriarch, Dionysius ordained fifty bishops, as per Michael the Syrian's Chronicle, whereas Bar Hebraeus in his Ecclesiastical History credits Dionysius with the ordination of fifty-one bishops.
  
  ## Episcopal succession
  
  As patriarch, Dionysius ordained the following bishops:
  
  * Theodosius, archbishop of Edessa
  * Iwannis, archbishop of Samosata
  * Timothy, archbishop of Damascus
  * John, bishop of Tribus
  * Jacob, bishop of Irenopolis
  * Ignatius, bishop of Qinnasrin
  * John, bishop of Zuptara
  * John, bishop of Harran
  * Daniel, archbishop of Samosata
  * Cyriacus, bishop of Baalbek
  * Gabriel, archbishop of Cyrrhus
  * Isaac, archbishop of Herat
  * Philoxenus, archbishop
  * Dioscorus, archbishop of Edessa
  * Habib, bishop of Irenopolis
  * Samuel, archbishop of Maipherqat
  * Abraham, archbishop of Aphrah
  * Isaac, bishop of Nisibis
  * John, bishop of Tur Abdin
  * Job, bishop of Callisura
  * Theodosius, bishop of Reshʿayna
  * Cyril, archbishop of Tarsus
  * Theophilus, bishop of Zuptara
  * Daniel, bishop of Armenia
  * Gregory, archbishop of Raqqa
  * Jacob, bishop of Abadqawau
  * Abraham, bishop of Doula
  * Cosmas, bishop of Hadath
  * Peter, archbishop of Resafa
  * Jacob, bishop of Tiberias
  * Moses, bishop of Amid
  * George, bishop of Hadath
  * John, bishop of Marde
  * Timothy, bishop of Circesium
  * Anastasius, bishop of Abadqawan
  * Athanasius, archbishop of Damascus
  * Athanasius, archbishop of Tarsus
  * Theodoretus, archbishop of Maipherqat
  * Gabriel, archbishop of Apamea
  * Isaac, bishop of Armenia
  * Jacob, bishop of Doliche
  * Elias, bishop of Melitene
  * Ignatius, bishop of Irenopolis
  * Iwannis, archbishop of Dara
  * Ignatius, archbishop of Amid
  * Isaac, bishop of Zeugma
  * Timothy, bishop of Samosata
  * Basil, bishop of Bithynia
  * Timothy, archbishop of Edessa
  * Joseph, bishop of Sarug
  