Athanasius III of Antioch
49th Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
d. 740
49th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch · 724–740
Offices
- Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch № 49 · 724 – 740
Athanasius III was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 724 until his death in 739/740.
Related people
- Patriarch Elias of Antioch succeeded · inferred
- Iwannis I preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Chronicon Ecclesiasticum 1 claim — Chronicon Ecclesiasticum I, the Antiochene series