Simon Awad
| Simon VII Awad (سمعان السابع عوّاد) |
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| Patriarch of Antioch | |
| Church | Maronite Church |
| See | Patriarch of Antioch |
| Appointed | March 16, 1743 |
| Installed | October 11, 1743 |
| Term ended | February 12, 1756 |
| Predecessor | Joseph Dergham El Khazen |
| Successor | Tobias El Khazen |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | June 10, 1708 (Priest) |
| Consecration | January 27, 1716 (Bishop) by Jacob Awad |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1683 Hasroun, Lebanon |
| Died | February 12, 1756 (aged 72–73) El Midane, Lebanon |
Simon VII Awad (or Sim'an Awwad, Auwad, Aouad, Arabic: سمعان السابع عوّاد, Latin: Simeon Evodius, born in 1683 in Hasroun, Lebanon – died on February 12, 1756 in El Midane, Lebanon), was the 61st Maronite Patriarch of Antioch from 1743 to his death in 1756.
Simon Awad was born in 1683 in Hasroun, Lebanon. From 1696 to 1707 he studied in Rome and at his return in Lebanon, on June 10, 1708, he was ordained as a priest by his uncle Jacob Awad, Maronite Patriarch of Antioch, who reigned from 1705 to 1733, and whom he served as secretary. On January 27, 1716 he was consecrated bishop of Damascus, always by his uncle. Simon Awad played a leading role in the 1736 Maronite Synod of Mount-Lebanon.
At the death of Patriarch Joseph Khazen, who died on May 13, 1742, the bishops who attended the funeral met and elected Simon Awad as Patriarch, but Simon refused out of humility. So the bishops elected the bishop of Arka, Elias Mohasseb. Bishops Tobias El Khazen and Ignace Chrabai were absent from the meeting, perhaps not invited, and opposed the election of Elias. These two bishops ordained two new bishops and held a new election among themselves, electing Tobias El Khazen as Patriarch and splitting the Church.
Pope Benedict XIV took the task to study the deal to a special commission of cardinals, which reached its findings on February 15, 1743. Based on this, the pope took his decisions, expressed in brief Quod not humana of 13 March 1743 The next day the pope addressed to the Maronite episcopate his brief Magna not minus to reassure that this extraordinary decision did not affect in any case the future, prerogatives and the independence of the Maronite Church. Finally, on March 16, 1743, to keep the Church united, the Papal brief to Nuper nos, Benedict XIV named the archeparch of Damascus, Simon Awad, new Maronite patriarch in place of the two pretenders.
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