Severus II bar Masqeh
Patriarch of Antioch
b. 7th century · d. 681
45th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
Offices
Severus II bar Masqeh was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 667/668 until his death in 684. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church.
Related people
- Theodore of Antioch succeeded · inferred
- Athanasius of Balad preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Chronicon Ecclesiasticum 1 claim — Chronicon Ecclesiasticum I, the Antiochene series