Dionysius II of Antioch


Dionysius II (died 18 April 909 was the Patriarch of Antioch, and head of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 896 until his death in 909.

Biography

Prior to becoming patriarch Dionysius was a monk and studied at the Monastery of Beth Batin. Soon after his consecration in April 896, Dionysius held a synod at the Monastery of Mar Shila, which was attended by thirty-five bishops. During the synod he issued twenty-five canons.
During his tenure as patriarch, Dionysius ordained forty-nine metropolitans and bishops before his death at the Monastery of Beth Batin in 909.