Maximos IV Sayegh (or Saïgh) (born on April 10, 1878 in Aleppo, Syria – died on November 5, 1967, Beirut, Lebanon) was Patriarch of Antioch and All the East, and Alexandria and Jerusalem of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1947 until his death in 1967. One of the fathers of Second Vatican Council, the outspoken patriarch stirred the Council by urging reconciliation between the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. For these contributions to Christian ecumenical relations he was honored with the cardinalate.
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10 April 1878 Aleppo
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5 November 1967 (aged 89)
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