Maximos IV Sayegh
Maximos IV. Cardinal Sayegh SMSP , also Maximos IV. Saïgh , (born April 10, 1878 in Aleppo , Ottoman Empire , † November 5, 1967 in Beirut , Lebanon ) was Patriarch of Antioch and the whole of the Orient, of Alexandria and Jerusalem the Melkite Greek Catholic Church .
Life
Sayegh was ordained a priest on September 17, 1905 . In 1919 he was appointed Archbishop of Tire . On August 30, 1919, he received by Patriarch Demetrius I Qadi the episcopal ordination ; Co-consecrators were Bishop Ignazio Homsi and Archbishop Flaviano Khoury . In 1933 he was appointed Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil .
On October 30, 1947, he was elected Patriarch by the Holy Synod of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Ain Traz .
Traditionally, the Patriarch of Antioch is also the spiritual protector of the over 900 year old Military and Hospitaller Order of Saint Lazarus of Jerusalem , which follows the rules of the order of Saint Augustine . Maximos IV was the re-founder and first Grand Master of the Patriarchal Order of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem .
He was a participant in the Second Vatican Council and was considered an essential defender of the individual character of the oriental churches that was worth preserving. In his speech, given in French , he reminded the Council Fathers on the question of the liturgical language:
“ Every language is a liturgical language. […] Latin is a dead language, but the Church is alive. "
On February 22, 1965, Pope Paul VI took him . as Cardinal Bishop in the College of Cardinals .
Maximos IV Cardinal Sayegh died on November 5, 1967 in Beirut. He was first laid out in the Cathedral of St. Elias in Beirut, where the farewell ceremony also took place. Then his embalmed body was transferred to Damascus and buried in the local cathedral. Three years later, according to the will of the deceased patriarch, the remains were interred in the monastery of the Sœurs de Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours (Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help) in Daroun-Harissa , Lebanon, which he founded.
Web links
- Saigh, SMSP, Maximos IV. In: Salvador Miranda : The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church. ( Florida International University website), accessed August 13, 2016.
- Entry on Maximos IV Saigh, SMSP on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on August 13, 2016.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patriarch Maximos IV. Sayegh (of Antioch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church), speech on October 24, 1962, in Acta Synodalia , Vol. 1/1, p. 378; quoted from: Massimo Faggioli: Sacrosanctum Concilium - the key to the Second Vatican Council. Herder, 2016, ISBN 9783451803505 , p. 67, limited preview in Google Book Search
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Eutimio Zulhof BS |
Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Tire 1919–1933 |
Agapios Salomon Naoum BS |
| Basilio Cattan |
Melkite Greek Catholic Archbishop of Beirut and Jbeil 1933–1947 |
Philippe Nabaa |
| Cyril IX Moghabghab |
Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch of Antioch 1947–1967 |
Maximos V. Hakim |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sayegh, Maximos IV. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sayegh, Maximos IV Cardinal (full name); Saïgh, Maximos IV. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Syrian clergyman, Patriarch of Antioch |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Aleppo , Syria |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th November 1967 |
| Place of death | Beirut , Lebanon |