The following account of 's patriarchate is given by Bar Hebraeus:
Yohannan VII was succeeded by ('the wasp'), the bishop of Nishapur. His election was pushed through by force by the tax-collector of Ispahan, who compelled the bishops and obtained their agreement. Being anxious to gratify the metropolitan Abdisho II| of Nisibis, he introduced the custom of allowing the metropolitan of Nisibis to take part in the election of a patriarch. He was consecrated on a Sunday, on the third day of
ab [August] in the year 1372 of the Greeks [AD 1061]. Shortly afterwards he was struck by an apoplexy and lost the use of his limbs. He fulfilled his office for ten years and died on the third day of
nisan [April] in the year 1383 [AD 1072]. ==See also==