About Neophitos Nasri
Lived 1670 – 1731 (aged 60–61). Neophitos Nasri was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
Neophytos Nasri (1670–1731) was a bishop of Saidnaya of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and took a preeminent part in the 1724 split of the Melkite Church.
Life Nasrallah Néophytos Nasri was born in Aleppo in 1670. He entered young a monk in the Balamand Monastery and in 1696 he was one of the founders of the Basilian Chouerite Order. He also served as a preacher in Amid. In 1722 he was appointed bishop of Saidnaya, and consecrated Bishop in the same year by Patriarch Athanasius III Dabbas.
On October 1, 1724 he consecrated Cyril VI Tanas as bishop and Patriarch of the Melkite Church, so originating the split of the Melkite Church. After persecutions from the Orthodox party, he had to leave Saidnaya and in 1730 he moved to Rome, where he died on 21 February 1731
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Neophitos Nasri was born in 1670 in Aleppo.
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Neophitos Nasri died on 21 February 1731 in Rome.
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Neophitos Nasri was a catholic priest and catholic bishop.
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