{{Infobox Given Name Revised|name=Shimun|pronunciation={{ubl|{{IPA|syc|ʃɛmʕon|lang}}}}|gender=Masculine|meaning=|origin=Classical Syriac: ܫܡܥܘܢ (Shimun)<br >|alternative spelling=Shamoun, Chamun, Chamoun|nickname=}}'''Shimun''' (Syriac alphabet: {{lang|syr|ܫܡܥܘܢ}}), also transliterated as '''Shemʿon'''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/entry/Shemon-bar-Sabbae?fq=;fq-Browse:Browse;S; |access-date=12 June 2021|title=Shemʿon bar Ṣabbaʿe |last1=Rompay |first1=Lucas Van }}</ref> or '''Shimon'''<ref>{{cite book |title=Mar Abimalek Timotheus: A Biography |date=1975 |publisher=Mar Timotheus Memorial Orphanage |page=282 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wPc8AAAAIAAJ&q=Mar+shimon |language=en}}</ref> is the form of Simon used in Classical Syriac and dialects of Neo-Aramaic. It is a masculine given name, and is mainly a variant of the biblical name Simeon, Symeon, or Shimon, which is derived from Hebrew. The name may also be alternatively used as Chamoun.
== Mar Shimun == '''Mar Shimun''' may refer to any of the following Patriarchs of the Church of the East or Patriarchs of the Chaldean Catholic Patriarchs of Babylon:
*Shemʿon bar Sabbaʿe, (329-341), Catholicos-Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemon II (1365–1392), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemon III (1403–1407), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemon IV (1437–1497), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemon V (1497–1501), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemon VI (1503–1538), Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VII (1538–1551), Patriarch of the Church of the East *Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb, (1539–1558) Patriarch of the Church of the East * Shemʿon VIII (1553–1555), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun IX Dinkha (1580–1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun X Eliyah (1600–1638), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun XI Eshuyow (1638–1656), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun XII Yoalaha (1656–1662), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church * Shimun XIII Dinkha (1662–1692), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church and after breaking the Communion with Rome in 1692, Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East until 1700 * Shimun XIV Shlemon (1700–1740), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail (1740–1780), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XVI Yohannan (1780–1820), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XVII Abraham (1820–1860), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XVIII Rubil (1860–1903), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XIX Benyamin (1903–1918), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XX Paulos (1918–1920), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East * Shimun XXI Eshai (1920–1975) (assassinated), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
== Other notable peoples ==
* Dawid Mar Shimun (1889-1974), Assyrian military leader * Shemʿon of Rev Ardashir, Persian priest and jurist in the Church of the East * Shimun Vrochek (b. 1976), Russian sci-fi author * Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun (1883-1975), sister of Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin
==See also== * List of patriarchs of the Church of the East * List of Chaldean Catholic patriarchs of Babylon * Mar Shimun (disambiguation) * Chamoun * Simon (disambiguation), also Symeon * Simeon * Shimon (disambiguation), also Shim'on {{Wiktionary|ܫܡܥܘܢ}}{{given name}}
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