Ezekiel
patriarch of the Church of the East from 570 to 581
d. c. 581
31st Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 570–c. 581
Offices
- Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) № 31 · c. 570 – c. 581
Ezekiel was patriarch of the Church of the East from 570 to 581. He is principally remembered in the popular tradition for having called his bishops 'the blind leading the blind', an act of presumption for which he was punished by becoming blind himself.
Related people
- Joseph succeeded · inferred
- Ishoyahb I preceded · inferred
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)
- Synodicon Orientale 1 claim — synod of Ezekiel (576)