Baselios Yeldo

Saint Baselios Yeldo was the Maphrian of the East of the Syriac Orthodox Church from 1678 until his resignation in 1684. He is venerated as a saint in the Syriac Orthodox Church and his feast day is 3 October.

Yeldo was proclaimed a saint by  Ignatius Zakka I Iwas, Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch, on 20 October 1987.

Saint Baselios Yeldo
Tomb of Mor Baselios Yeldo.
(No picture or icon of the saint presently available)
Maphrian of the East
Born1593
Bakhdida, Ottoman Empire
Died29 September 1685
Kothamangalam
Venerated inSyriac Orthodox Church( Jacobite Syrian Church )
Canonized20 October 1987 by Ignatius Zakka I Iwas
Major shrineSt. Thomas Church, Kothamangalam
Feast3 October
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