# Shimun

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{{Infobox Given Name Revised|name=Shimun|pronunciation={{ubl|{{IPA|syc|ʃɛmʕon|lang}}}}|gender=Masculine|meaning=|origin=[Classical Syriac](/source/Classical_Syriac): ܫܡܥܘܢ (Shimun)<br >|alternative spelling=Shamoun, Chamun, Chamoun|nickname=}}'''Shimun''' ([Syriac alphabet](/source/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](/source/Simon_(given_name)) used in [Classical Syriac](/source/Syriac_language) and dialects of [Neo-Aramaic](/source/Neo-Aramaic_languages). It is a masculine given name, and is mainly a variant of the biblical name [Simeon](/source/Saint_Peter), [Symeon](/source/Symeon), or [Shimon](/source/Simeon_(son_of_Jacob)), which is derived from Hebrew. The name may also be alternatively used as [Chamoun](/source/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](/source/Shemon_Bar_Sabbae), (329-341), Catholicos-Patriarch of the [Church of the East](/source/Church_of_the_East)
* [Shemon II](/source/Shemon_II) (1365–1392), Patriarch of the Church of the East
* [Shemon III](/source/Shemon_III) (1403–1407), Patriarch of the Church of the East
* [Shemon IV](/source/Shemon_IV) (1437–1497), Patriarch of the Church of the East
* [Shemon V](/source/Shemon_V) (1497–1501), Patriarch of the Church of the East
* [Shemon VI](/source/Shemon_VI) (1503–1538), Patriarch of the Church of the East
* [Shemʿon VII](/source/Shimun_VII) (1538–1551), Patriarch of the Church of the East
*[Shemʿon VII Ishoʿyahb](/source/Shemon_VII_Ishoyahb), (1539–1558) Patriarch of the Church of the East
* [Shemʿon VIII](/source/Shimun_VIII) (1553–1555), Patriarch of the [Chaldean Catholic Church](/source/Chaldean_Catholic_Church)
* [Shimun IX Dinkha](/source/Shimun_IX_Dinkha) (1580–1600), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
* [Shimun X Eliyah](/source/Shimun_X_Eliyah) (1600–1638), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
* [Shimun XI Eshuyow](/source/Shimun_XI_Eshuyow) (1638–1656), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
* [Shimun XII Yoalaha](/source/Shimun_XII_Yoalaha) (1656–1662), Patriarch of the Chaldean Catholic Church
* [Shimun XIII Dinkha](/source/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](/source/Assyrian_Church_of_the_East) until 1700
* [Shimun XIV Shlemon](/source/Shimun_XIV_Shlemon) (1700–1740), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
* [Shimun XV Maqdassi Mikhail](/source/Shimun_XV_Maqdassi_Mikhail) (1740–1780), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
* [Shimun XVI Yohannan](/source/Shimun_XVI_Yohannan) (1780–1820), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
* [Shimun XVII Abraham](/source/Shimun_XVII_Abraham) (1820–1860), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
* [Shimun XVIII Rubil](/source/Shimun_XVIII_Rubil) (1860–1903), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
* [Shimun XIX Benyamin](/source/Shimun_XIX_Benyamin) (1903–1918), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
* [Shimun XX Paulos](/source/Shimun_XX_Paulos) (1918–1920), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East
* [Shimun XXI Eshai](/source/Shimun_XXI_Eshai) (1920–1975) (assassinated), Patriarch of the Assyrian Church of the East

== Other notable peoples ==

* [Dawid Mar Shimun](/source/Dawid_Mar_Shimun) (1889-1974), Assyrian military leader
* [Shemʿon of Rev Ardashir](/source/Shem%CA%BFon_of_Rev_Ardashir), Persian priest and jurist in the Church of the East
* [Shimun Vrochek](/source/Shimun_Vrochek) (b. 1976), Russian sci-fi author
* [Surma D'Bait Mar Shimun](/source/Surma_D'Bait_Mar_Shimun) (1883-1975), sister of Mar Shimun XIX Benyamin

==See also==
* [List of patriarchs of the Church of the East](/source/List_of_patriarchs_of_the_Church_of_the_East)
* [List of Chaldean Catholic patriarchs of Babylon](/source/List_of_Chaldean_Catholic_patriarchs_of_Babylon)
* [Mar Shimun (disambiguation)](/source/Mar_Shimun_(disambiguation))
* [Chamoun](/source/Chamoun)
* [Simon (disambiguation)](/source/Simon_(disambiguation)), also Symeon
* [Simeon](/source/Simeon)
* [Shimon (disambiguation)](/source/Shimon_(disambiguation)), also Shim'on
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