Denha I of Tikrit
d. 659
5th Maphrian of the East (Tikrit) · c. 649–c. 659
Offices
- Maphrian of the East (Tikrit) № 5 · c. 649 – c. 659
Denha I was the Syriac Orthodox Grand Metropolitan of the East from 649 until his death in 659. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Martyrology of Rabban Sliba, and his feast day is 2 October.
Related people
- Marutha of Tikrit succeeded · inferred
- Barjesu (maphrian) preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus II, coll. 1536-1537 — Maphriani seu Primates Ecclesiae Jacobiticae