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Eliya VII ( / ''Elīyā'', d. 26 May 1617) was
Eliya VII ( / ''Elīyā'', d. 26 May 1617) was Patriarch
The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and ...
of the Church of the East
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from 1591 to 1617, with residence in Rabban Hormizd Monastery, near Alqosh
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, in modern Iraq
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. On several occasions, in 1605–1607 and 1610, and again in 1615–1616, he negotiated on with representatives of the Catholic Church
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, but without any final conclusion. In older historiography, he was designated as Eliya VII, but later renumbered as Eliya "VIII" by some authors. After the resolution of several chronological questions, he was designated again as Eliya VII, and that numeration is accepted in recent scholarly works.
See also
*Patriarch of the Church of the East
The patriarch of the Church of the East (also known as patriarch of the East, patriarch of Babylon, the catholicose of the East or the grand metropolitan of the East) is the patriarch, or leader and head bishop (sometimes referred to as Cath ...
* List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East
* Assyrian Church of the East
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