Dadisho

For the 6th-century abbot, see Dadisho of Mount Izla. For the 7th-century monk and writer, see Dadisho Qatraya.

Dadisho
Catholicos-Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon
Installed	421
Term ended	456
Predecessor	Farbokht
Successor	Babowai
Personal details
Denomination	Church of the East

Mar Dadishoʿ was the Catholicos of the East from 421 AD to 456 AD. During his reign as Catholicos, in 424 AD, the Church of the East declared itself independent of all other churches, resulting in Mar Dadishoʿtaking the title of Patriarch, becoming the first Catholicos-Patriarch of Seleucia-Ctesiphon.

Sources

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• Chabot, Jean-Baptiste (1902). Synodicon orientale ou recueil de synodes nestoriens (PDF). Paris: Imprimerie Nationale.
• Meyendorff, John (1989). Imperial unity and Christian divisions: The Church 450-680 A.D. The Church in history. Vol. 2. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir's Seminary Press. ISBN 9780881410563.
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