Shemon VI

{{Infobox Christian leader |honorific_prefix = Mar |name = {{Transliteration|ar|DIN|Shemʿon}} VI |birth_name = |church = Church of the East |see = Seleucia-Ctesiphon |title = Patriarch of the Church of the East |residence = Rabban Hormizd Monastery |enthroned = 1504 |ended = 5 August 1538 |predecessor = Eliya V |successor = Shemon VII Ishoyahb |birth_date = 15th century |death_date = 5 August 1538 |buried = Rabban Hormizd Monastery }}

'''Mar {{Transliteration|ar|DIN|Shemʿon}} VI''' (also written '''Shimun VI''') was Patriarch of the Church of the East from 1504 until his death on 5 August 1538.{{sfn|Murre van den Berg|1999|p=242}}{{sfn|Baum|Winkler|2003|p=196}} Shemon is credited with revising the East Syriac Rite, replacing commemorations of traditional saints and martyrs with new ones, especially for those who had founded monasteries.{{sfn|Wilmshurst|2000|p=20}} Following his death, he was succeeded as Patriarch by his brother Shemon VII Ishoyahb, who had been ''natar kursya'' (designated successor) throughout his reign; since the reign of Shemon IV the role of Patriarch had been passed hereditarily.{{sfn|Wilmshurst|2000|pp=193–194}} Shemon VI was buried alongside other Patriarchs of his era at Rabban Hormizd Monastery near Mosul, his residence while he had been Patriarch; his epitaph, recorded by Vosté, was inscribed by a priest named Israel.{{sfn|Wilmshurst|2000|p=400}}

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{{S-start}} {{s-rel|Church of the East titles}} {{Succession box |before=Eliya V<br />(1502–1504) |title=Catholicos-Patriarch of the East |years=(1504–1538) |after=Shemon VII Ishoyahb<br />(1538–1558) }} {{s-end}}

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