Joseph
Patriarch of the Church of the East
d. 570
30th Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 552–c. 567
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- Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) № 30 · c. 552 – c. 567
Joseph was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 552 to 567. He was immensely unpopular, and was eventually deposed by his bishops. He was notorious for having invented much of the early history of the Church of the East. Despite his deposition, his name is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East.
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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. 521 (Appendice VI, no. VIII)
- Synodicon Orientale 1 claim — synod of Joseph (554)