Shimun XXI Eshai

Mar Shimun XXI Eshai[1] (Qodchanis, 26 febbraio 1908San Jose, 6 novembre 1975) è stato un vescovo cristiano orientale siro, patriarca della Chiesa assira d'Oriente dal 1920 al 1975.

In alcune cronotassi patriarcali è indicato come Shimun XXIII.[2]

  1. ^ (EN) Samuel Burleson & Lucas Van Rompay, List of Patriarchs: I. The Church of the East and its Uniate continuations, Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, electronic edition.
  2. ^ (EN) The Book of Marganitha (The Pearl) on the Truth of Christianity, written by Mar O'Dishoo, metropolitan of Suwa (Nisibin) and Armenia, Translated by His Holiness Mar Esshai Shimun XXIII, Reprint: Chicago, USA, 1988, p. 113.

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