Ishoʿyahb II of Gdala was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 628 to 645. He reigned during a period of great upheaval in the Sasanian Empire. He became patriarch at the end of a disastrous war between Rome and Persia, which weakened both powers. Two years later the Moslem Arabs began a career of conquest in which they overthrew the Sassanian empire and occupied the eastern provinces of the Roman empire. Ishoʿyahb lived through this momentous period, and is said to have met both the Roman emperor Heraclius and the second Moslem caliph ʿUmar ibn al-Khattab.
The Syriac name Ishoʿyahb means 'Jesus has given', and is spelled variously in English. Alternative spellings include Yeshuyab and Ishu-yahb. Ishoʿyahb II is commonly known as Ishoʿyahb of Gdala, to distinguish him from two near-contemporary Nestorian patriarchs, Ishoʿyahb I of Arzun (582–95) and Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene (649–59).
IshoʿyahbII of Gdala was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 628 to 645. He reigned during a period of great upheaval in the Sasanian Empire. He...
Ishoʿyahb III of Adiabene was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 649 to 659. Brief accounts of Ishoʿyahb's patriarchate are given in the Ecclesiastical...
subsequently appointed bishop of Nineveh. His predecessor the patriarch Ishoʿyahb wrote to the inhabitants of Jundishapur, who had asked him for a metropolitan...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
Ecclesiastical Chronicle, ii. 450 Wallis Budge, The Monks of Kublai Khan, 127 and 132 Bar Hebraeus, Ecclesiastical Chronicle, ii. 452 Lieu, S., Manichaeism...
Gregory of Kashkar, student Henana of Adiabene, director 571–610 Patriarch IshoyahbII, student Joseph Huzaya, teacher Paul the Persian, student and teacher...
embassy to its emperor Heraclius (r. 610–641), led by the catholicos IshoyahbII and other dignitaries of the Iranian church. Her embassy was amicably...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
also identified as the Beṯ Maḏāye mentioned in a letter of Catholicos IshoyahbII (r. 628–645). The church of Mar Quriaqos, which is believed to have originally...
See the List of Maphrians for details. 35. IshoʿyahbII (628–645) 36. Maremmeh (646–649) 37. Ishoʿyahb III (649–659) 38. Giwargis I (661–680) 39. Yohannan...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
the fleet of Charles II (whom he calls Irid Shardalo, i.e. "Il re Charles Due"), who had welcomed him in his realm, and James II of Aragon, king of Sicily...
Ishoʿyahb IV bar Ezekiel was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1020 to 1025. He was an unpopular patriarch, who was defied by many of his metropolitans...
Ishoʿyahb V Baladi was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1149 to 1175. Brief accounts of Ishoʿyahb's patriarchate are given in the Ecclesiastical...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
Ishoʿyahb I of Arzun was patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East from 582 to 595. His name is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
Christians, and Yahballaha was again imprisoned. He was ransomed by Hethum II of Armenia. In 1289, Yahballaha allowed the Dominican friar Riccoldo da Monte...
Clergy Patriarch IshoyahbII Alopen Adam Artifacts Murals from the Christian temple at Qocho Xi'an Stele Nestorian pillar of Luoyang Mogao Christian painting...
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