Peter of Callinicum
Syriac Patriarch of Antioch
b. 6th century · d. 22 Apr 591
40th Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch
Offices
Peter III of Callinicum was the Patriarch of Antioch and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 581 until his death in 591. He is commemorated as a saint by the Syriac Orthodox Church in the Martyrology of Rabban Sliba, and his feast day is 22 April.
Related people
- Paul the Black succeeded · inferred
- Julian I of Antioch preceded · inferred
Places
- Raqqa birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Chronicon Ecclesiasticum 1 claim — Chronicon Ecclesiasticum I, the Antiochene series