as Longinus went into exile in Arabia, whilst Paul went into hiding at Constantinople. Discussions were held amongst Syrian non-Chalcedonians on the matter of the appointment of a new patriarch of Antioch to replace Paul, and Jacob Baradaeus travelled to Egypt to discuss the schism with Peter's successor Pope Damian of Alexandria but died en route on 30 July 578. Damian spearheaded the opposition to Paul, and in 579, with the support of some of the Syrian non-Chalcedonians, he planned to consecrate a certain Severus as patriarch at the Cassian Church in Antioch with two other bishops, but the Chalcedonian Patriarch Gregory of Antioch discovered Damian's plot and had their residence in Antioch stormed before the consecration took place and the group was forced to flee the city through the sewers. Later life A synod at Constantinople was held by Al-Mundhir in March 580 to heal the division between the Jacobites and Paulites, and at its conclusion, Damian agreed to end the schism with Paul. However, upon Damian's return to Alexandria, he rescinded his reconciliation with Paul under pressure from his followers, and issued an encyclical to the Syrian non-Chalcedonians to condemn Paul. Damian eventually succeeded in consecrating Peter of Callinicum as patriarch of Antioch in 581, and Paul either died soon after in the same year, or after several years in 584. He was unceremoniously buried at his monastery at night with a false name and no funeral. References Notes Citations Bibliography Primary sources Secondary sources Syriac Patriarchs of Antioch from 512 to 1783 Egyptian Oriental Orthodox Christians 581 deaths 6th-century Oriental Orthodox archbishops 500 births 6th-century Syriac Orthodox Church bishops 6th-century Byzantine bishops People of Roman Syria Prisoners and detainees of the Byzantine Empire