ADAM, GERMANO

ADAM, GERMANO. – Born in Aleppo, d. 10 Oct 1809. Bishop from 1774, after having been patriarchal vicar of Acre, in 1777 he was elected archbishop of Aleppo. Pius VI (5 Dec 1787) appointed him apostolic delegate for the Maronites at the national synod held in 1790. The Aleppo review al-Kourbane, 1931, pp. 230 ff. and 322 ff. lists the manuscripts of A.’s works, not all published. His doctrine, however, was not orthodox, and Pius VII, after ordering on 13 Feb 1802 that he and his followers subscribe to the brief of Pius VI Super soliditatem condemning Eybel’s book on the Pope and the bull Auctorem fidei of the same Pontiff condemning the Synod of Pistoia, prohibited (1816–22) A.’s books, which he had commendably submitted to the judgment of the Holy See. The Synod of Qarqafah, held in 1806, largely through A.’s efforts (Mansi, IV 812 ff.), was condemned by Gregory XVI on 3 June 1835, because, among other things, “with bad faith it drew upon the judgment of the Synod of Pistoia.”