Mor Dionysius Bar Salibi

Title: Mor Dionysius Bar Salibi
Description: Dionysios bar Ṣalibi (d. 1171) was the Metropolitan of Amid (modern-day Diyarbakır) and a prolific Syriac Orthodox author. He was likely born in Melitene, a cultural crossroads for Syriac and Greek influences. His first notable work was a refutation of Yuḥanon of Mardin's claim that the fall of Edessa in 1144 was against God's will. Initially banned, Dionysios' work was later accepted, leading to his appointment as Bishop of Marʿash in 1148. After Marʿash was taken by the Armenians in 1156, he returned to Melitene, later becoming the Bishop of Amid in 1166, where he restored the Church of Yoldat Aloho. Dionysios died in 1171 and was buried in Amid.