Hnanisho II
patriarch of the Church of the East
d. 780
45th Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 773–c. 780
Offices
- Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) № 45 · c. 773 – c. 780
Hnanishoʿ II was patriarch of the Church of the East between 773 and 780. His name, sometimes spelled Ananjesu or Khnanishu, means 'mercy of Jesus'.
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Places
- Seleucia-Ctesiphon death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Maris, Amri et Slibae De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria (the Book of the Tower) 1 claim — Maris, De Patriarchis Nestorianorum Commentaria (ed. Gismondi)
- Chronique de Michel le Syrien 1 claim — t. III, p. 522 (Appendice VI, no. XXIV)
- Synodicon Orientale 1 claim — synod of Hnanisho II (775)