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Maximos IV Sayegh

1878 - 1967

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Maximos IV Sayegh (or Saïgh; 10 April 1878 – 5 November 1967) was a Syrian Catholic prelate who served as Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1967. One of the fathers of Second Vatican Council, he stirred attendees by urging reconciliation between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He accepted the title of cardinal in 1965 after Pope Paul VI clarified the significance of that title in the case of an Eastern patriarch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maximos IV Sayegh is the 2,894th most popular religious figure (down from 2,840th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from Syria (down from 175th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Syrian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Maximos IV Sayegh ranks 2,894 out of 3,187. Before him are Juan Guevara, Thomas Cooray, Augusto Paolo Lojudice, Brother Alois, Swithun, and Cormac Murphy-O'Connor. After him are Władysław Rubin, Avery Dulles, Pedro López Quintana, Aristobulus of Britannia, Joseph Werth, and Alypius of Byzantium.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Maximos IV Sayegh ranks 214. Before him are Peder Kolstad, John Cregan, Carl Eduard Hellmayr, Karel van de Woestijne, María Guadalupe García Zavala, and Albert Corey. After him are Wollmar Boström, George M. Cohan, Zofka Kveder, William C. deMille, John Masefield, and Robert Warwick. Among people deceased in 1967, Maximos IV Sayegh ranks 233. Before him are Sergey Gorodetsky, Joseph Perotaux, Herman Teirlinck, Elmer Rice, Harald Julin, and Georges Vanier. After him are Johan Falkberget, Billy Strayhorn, Pinto Colvig, Hans Walter, John Masefield, and J. B. Lenoir.

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In Syria

Among people born in Syria, Maximos IV Sayegh ranks 181 out of 210. Before him are Suat Hayri Ürgüplü (1903), Abu Shama (1203), Wafa Sultan (1958), Moaz al-Khatib (1960), Riyad Farid Hijab (1966), and Omar Souleyman (1966). After him are Abdulbaset Sieda (1956), Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977), Ghada Shouaa (1972), Bassel Khartabil (1981), Razan Zaitouneh (1977), and Yusra Mardini (1998).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Syria

Among religious figures born in Syria, Maximos IV Sayegh ranks 24. Before him are Ignatius Moses I Daoud (1930), Ignatius Joseph III Yonan (1944), Ignatius Aphrem II (1965), Cosmas of Maiuma (675), Hilarion Capucci (1922), and Ibas of Edessa (400). After him are Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (1977).

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