John VIII bar Abdoun
67th Patriarch of Syriac Orthodox Church of Antioch
b. 944 · d. 2 Feb 1033
67th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch · 6 Jul 1004–2 Feb 1033
Offices
- Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch № 67 · 6 Jul 1004 – 2 Feb 1033
John VIII bar Abdoun was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1004 until his death in 1033.
Related people
- Athanasius IV of Salh succeeded · traditional
- Denys IV d'Antioche preceded · traditional
Places
- Malatya birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Chronicon Ecclesiasticum 1 claim — Chronicon Ecclesiasticum I, the Antiochene series