John XIII bar Ma'dani

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John XIII bar Ma'dani
Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch and All the East
Church Syriac Orthodox Church
See Antioch
Installed1252
Term ended1263
Predecessor Ignatius III David
Successor Ignatius IV Yeshu
Personal details
Born
Aaron

Ma’dan
Died1263
Baqismat Monastery, Sis, Cilician Armenia

John XIII Aaron bar Ma'dani was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1252 until his death in 1263.

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Biography

Aaron was born in Ma'dan in the 13th century. In 1230, Aaron was ordained as metropolitan of Mardin, upon which he assumed the name John and two years later he was elevated to maphrian by Ignatius III David. As maphrian, John studied and became fluent in Arabic, with which he wrote sermons and letters.

After the death of Ignatius III David, John was elected as patriarch and was consecrated on 4 December 1252. John was patriarch for eleven years before his death in 1263 at the Baqismat Monastery in Sis, Cilician Armenia.

Works

Whilst acting as maphrian, John is known to have composed fifty-two short stories, one of which was translated into Arabic. As well as this John wrote an ode to Aaron the Ascetic and a forty-seven page anthology, containing his most famous poem, The Bird.

John also wrote four homilies in Syriac on Palm Sunday, the Cross, the Presentation of our Lord in the Temple and New Sunday which he later translated into Arabic. In addition to this, John wrote a liturgy and seven canons, six of which he issued at the Monastery of Mor Hananyo and the seventh was included in his early patriarchal proclamations.

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