Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.
TIMOTEO II, Nestorian patriarch. He succeeded in 1318 the famous Mongol patriarch Jahballāhā III and held the office until 1332.
After him begins the rapid decline of the Nestorian Church. T. has some importance for the
(Int. Pides)TINGCHOW, Diocese of — A native engaged in grinding rice, with the characteristic "machine" — Tingchow.
(photo Alinari) TINO DI CAMAINO DI CRESCENZIO DI DIOTISALVI — Reclining statue of Mary, daughter of Charles of Calabria. Detail of the tomb. Naples, Church of S. Chiara.His treatise on the Sacraments (On the seven causes of ecclesiastical Mysteries) summarizes the related Nestorian doctrine.
BIBL.: J. B. Chabot, Littérature syriaque, Paris 1934, p. 142; W. de Vries, Timotheus II. (1318-32) über die sieben Gründe der kirchl. Geheimnisse, in Orient. Chr. Period., 8 (1942), pp. 40-94. Guglielmo de Vries
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“TIMOTEO II, PATRIARCA NESTORIANO.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XII (1954), p. 92. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/timoteo-ii-patriarca-nestoriano.
