Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Elijah" in last modified August 17, 2016, http://syriaca.org/person/1220 Elijah ÉLIE http://syriaca.org/person/1220 139 male 709-723 In hagiography: Elijah was the Syrian Orthodox bishop of Antioch and a convert from the Melkite community. He was a monk from the monastery of Gubba Barraya. He was bishop of Apamea and later Patriarch of Antioch. He was esteemed by Caliph Al-Walid I who allowed him to build a church. Saints Syriaques ÉLIE 139 A. van Roey La lettre apologetique d'Elie a Leon Le Museon 57 (1944), 1-52 Van Roey Eliae epistula apologetica ad Leonum, Syncellum harranensem J.M. Fiey BSO I, 752