Jean Maurice Fiey

Jean Maurice Fiey (30 March 1914 – 10 November 1995) was a French Dominican Father and prominent Church historian and Syriacist.

Biography Fiey was born in Armentières on 30 March 1914, he entered the Dominican Order at an early age and received his Licentiate in philosophy and theology from the order's schools in France.

Fiey became acquainted with Syriac Christian tradition during his residence in Iraq from 1939 to 1973. He was one of the founders of the Mosul Dominican College in 1944 and functioned as its dean until 1959. Following his expulsion Fiey resided in Beirut as a lecturer in the Jesuit University. He received his doctorate from the University of Dijon in 1982. He published throughout his life over 127 books and articles.

Selected bibliography Mossoul chrétienne, 1959 Assyrie chrétienne, vol.1 1965, vol.2 1966, vol.3 1968 For the Corpus Scriptorum Christianorum Orientalium Jalons pour une histoire de l'Eglise en Iraq, 1970 Anonymi auctoris chronincon ad annum christi 1234 pertinens, II, 1974 Chrétiens syriaques sous les Mongols (Il-Khanat de Perse, XIIIe-XIVe s.), 1975 Nisibe, métropole syriaque orientale et ses suffragants des origines à nos jours, 1977 Chrétiens syriaques sous les Abbassides, 1980 Les Syriaques, 1996 Saints Syriaques, 2005