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| - Patriarch `Abded-Aloho II Sattuf (Abd Allah II in Arabic) was born in Sadad, he became a monk at an early age, and later was ordained priest. In 1870, he visited the area of Tur `Abdin and recorded the names of villages, monasteries, churches, clergy and the families living in the area. He was appointed bishop of Jerusalem in 1872 by Patriarch Peter IV and he accompanied the Patriarch to England and India from 1874 to 1877. After the return, he stayed for two more years before going back to London where he secured a printing press for Deir al-Za`faran.
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| - Patriarch `Abded-Aloho II Sattuf (Abd Allah II in Arabic) was born in Sadad, he became a monk at an early age, and later was ordained priest. In 1870, he visited the area of Tur `Abdin and recorded the names of villages, monasteries, churches, clergy and the families living in the area. He was appointed bishop of Jerusalem in 1872 by Patriarch Peter IV and he accompanied the Patriarch to England and India from 1874 to 1877. After the return, he stayed for two more years before going back to London where he secured a printing press for Deir al-Za`faran. After his return, `Abded-Aloho served as the bishop of Syria and then of Amid. He paid a second visit to London, during which he attended sessions of the 1888 Lambeth Conference, and secured a second printing press. The Patriarch received a medal from King Edward VIII, and two medals from the Ottoman sultan.
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