Info on Maximos IV Sayeigh?

[Pope_Noah_I]

I have to write a paper on an influential 20th century Arab, and I wanted to do him. Unfortunately, there seems to be scant info on him online. Can anyone help?

 

[aicirt]

Isn’t it Sayegh? And is he considered an Arab?

 

[dzheremi]

For Sayegh, there is this Wikipedia page with some information, and more in the links that may help you, depending on the scope of your paper.

 

[Pope_Noah_I]

What about his activity and influence at Vatican II?

 

[malphono]

Whether the late Maximos IV (Sayegh) would be considered ethnically “Arab” is debatable, but if one is looking to write about a Melkite Patriarch in that context, perhaps his successor, Maximos V (Hakim), would be a better choice. While the ethnicity issue is still technically open there too, he certainly identified himself publicly with it.

Here are a few links which might be of interest:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximos_V_Hakim
melkite.org/Maximos.html
opuslibani.org.lb/egliseeng/003/patriach.html
melkite.com/messanger.html