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Maximus III Mazlom

MASSIMO III MAZLOM

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Also known as: Patriarch Maximos III Mazloum, Maksimos III Mazloum, Maximos III Mazloum, Maximos III Mazlum, Maximus Mazloum; Italian: Massimo Mazloum

MAXIMUS III MAZLOM. - Melkite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch from 1833 to 1855. Born in Aleppo in Nov. 1779, died in Alexandria on 11 July 1866. Ordained a priest in 1806, consecrated bishop in 1810, he was later elected Patriarch of Antioch and confirmed by Rome in 1836.

Very favorable to Gallican ideas, yet nonetheless sincerely attached to the Catholic Church, he was highly intelligent and energetic. He obtained from Pope Gregory XVI the personal privilege of bearing the title of Patriarch of Antioch, Alexandria and Jerusalem. M. organized the Melkite community in Egypt. The Melkite Church under his direction experienced great development.

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BIBL.: C. Karalevskii, Histoire des patriarchats melbites, II, Rome 1910; id., Antioche, in DHG, III, col. 653 ff.

Guglielmo de Vries

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII (1952), col. 311.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Massimo III Mazlom.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, col. 311. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/massimo-iii-mazlom.

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De, Vries Guglielmo. “Massimo III Mazlom.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VIII, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 311. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/massimo-iii-mazlom.

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  author    = {De, Vries Guglielmo},
  title     = {Massimo III Mazlom},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
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  pages     = {311},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
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