# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shimun-viii-yohannan-sulaqa
# Generated: 2026-08-16T01:14:30.908Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shimun-viii-yohannan-sulaqa"
name: "Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa"
slug: "shimun-viii-yohannan-sulaqa"
description: "Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa was the first Patriarch of what was to become the Shemʿon line of the Chaldean Catholic Church, from 1553 to 1555, after it absorbed this Church of the East patriarchate into full communion with the Holy See and the Catholic Church."
tagline: "Patriarch of Babylonia"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shimun_VII_Yohannan_Sulaqa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Turkey"
  isoCode: "TR"
birthDate: "1510"
deathDate: "1555"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.72
  momentum:             0.392156862745098
  historical:           7.425416
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A8%D0%B8%D0%BC%D1%83%D0%BD_VIII_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B0"
    title: "Шимун VIII Сулака"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7"
    title: "يوحنا سولاقا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AD%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A7"
    title: "يوحنا سولاقا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulaqa"
    title: "Sulaqa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimun_VIII_Yohannan_Sulaqa"
    title: "Shimun VIII Yohannan Sulaqa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yohannan_Soulaqa"
    title: "Yohannan Soulaqa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimun_VIII"
    title: "Shimun VIII"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sime%C3%A3o_VIII_Jo%C3%A3o_Sulaca"
    title: "Simeão VIII João Sulaca"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q712667"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump