Cyril VII Siaj | |
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Patriarch of Antioch | |
Church | Melkite Greek Catholic Church |
See | Patriarch of Antioch |
Installed | 11 December 1794 |
Term ended | 6 August 1796 |
Predecessor | Athanasius IV Jawhar |
Successor | Agapius II Matar |
Orders | |
Consecration | December 1763 (
Bishop) by Euthymius Fadel |
Personal details | |
Born | Francis Siaj |
Died | 6 August 1796 Aitanite, Lebanon |
Cyril VII Francis Siaj (or Siage or Siagi) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796.
Francis Siaj was a monk of the Basilian Salvatorian Order. Between 1760 and 1768 he was an open partisan of Athanasius Jawhar in the clashes for the patriarchate between patriarch Theodosius V Dahan and anti-patriarch Athanasius Jawhar. In this frame he went with Jawhar to Rome in 1762, and when returned to Lebanon he was consecrated bishop of Bosra and Hauran a few days after 23 December 1763, and took the name Cyril. [1]: 67 Because his consecration was celebrated by Euthymius Fadel bishop of Zahle and Forzol and a partisan of Jawhar, [2] the patriarch Theodosius V Dahan did not recognized his appointment [3] till the appeasement in 1768 between Theodosius Dahan and Athanasius Jawhar.
Cyril Francis Siaj was elected patriarch by the synod of bishops on 11 December [4] 1794. [5] His election was confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 28 June 1796. Cyril VII Siaj died on 6 August 1796 [6] at Aitanite, where he was buried. [1]: 77