Elisha
Nestorian patriarch
26th Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) · c. 524–c. 537
Offices
- Catholicos of the East (Seleucia-Ctesiphon) № 26 · c. 524 – c. 537
Elishaʿ was Patriarch of the Church of the East during a period of schism from 524 to 537. Unlike his opponent Narsai, who was also consecrated as catholicus but has traditionally been considered an anti-patriarch, Elishaʿ is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East.
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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. 520 (Appendice VI, nos. IV-V)