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{{Infobox Patriarch
|honorific-prefix = Mar
|name = Shem{{transl|ar|DIN|ʿ}}on V
|birth_name =
|church = [[Church of the East]]
|see = [[Patriarchal Province of Seleucia-Ctesiphon|Seleucia-Ctesiphon]]
|patriarch_of = [[List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East|Patriarch of the Church of the East]]
|title = Patriarch of All the [[Church of the East|East]]
|residence =
|enthroned = 1497
|ended = September 1502
|predecessor = [[Shemon IV]]
|successor = [[Eliya V]]
|birth_date = 15th century
|death_date = September 1502
|buried = [[Monastery of Mar Awgin]]
}}
{{Ordination
| denomination = Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East
| bishop 1 = Mar Thoma
| consecration date 1 = {{circa}} 1499
| bishop 2 = Mar Yohannon
| consecration date 2 = {{circa}} 1499
}}
'''[[Mar (title)|Mar]] Shem{{transl|ar|DIN|ʿ}}on V''' (died September 1502) was the [[patriarch of the Church of the East]] from 1497 until his death.{{sfn|Burleson|Van Rompay|2011}}{{sfn|Wilmshurst|2000|p=20}}{{sfn|Wilmshurst|2011|pp=294–295}} His short reign is poorly documented and it is possible that he was in fact an anti-patriarch.{{sfn|Wilmshurst|2019|p=799}}
Probably in 1499, Shemʿon V received a pair of messengers from the [[Saint Thomas Christians|Indian church]] requesting bishops. The patriarch consecrated Thomas and John, two monks of the [[monastery of Mar Awgin]], as bishops and dispatched them to India with letters of authentication. Thomas returned not long after with gifts from the Indian Christians, while John remained there as bishop.{{sfn|Wilmshurst|2011|pp=294–295}}
Shemʿon's death is recorded in a letter from the Indian Christians.{{sfn|Carlson|2018|pp=270–271}} He was buried in the [[monastery of Mar Awgin]]. It may be significant that he was not buried in the [[monastery of Rabban Hormizd]], where his predecessor, [[Shemʿon IV]], and nearly all his successors were buried. His election may have represented a reaction to the policies of Shemʿon IV favouring his own family.{{sfn|Wilmshurst|2011|pp=294–295}}
==Notes==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite encyclopedia |first1=Samuel |last1=Burleson |first2=Lucas |last2=Van Rompay |title=List of Patriarchs: I. The Church of the East and its Uniate Continuations |encyclopedia=Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage |editor1=[[Sebastian P. Brock]] |editor2=Aaron M. Butts |editor3=[[George A. Kiraz]] |editor4=Lucas Van Rompay |url=https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Church-East-Uniate-Continuation |publisher=Gorgias Press |year=2011}}
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*{{cite book |first=David J. |last=Wilmshurst |title=The Ecclesiastical Organisation of the Church of the East, 1318–1913 |publisher=Peeters |year=2000}}
*{{cite book |first=David J. |last=Wilmshurst |title=The Martyred Church: A History of the Church of the East |publisher=East and West Publishing |year=2011}}
*{{cite book |first=David J. |last=Wilmshurst |title=The Syriac World |editor=Daniel King |chapter=The Patriarchs of the Church of the East |pages=799–805 |year=2019 |publisher=Routledge}}
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{{Succession box
|before=[[Shemon IV]]<br>({{circa}}1450&ndash;1497)
|title=[[List of Patriarchs of the Church of the East|Catholicos-Patriarch of the East]]
|years=(1497&ndash;1502)
|after=[[Eliya V]]<br>(1502&ndash;1504)
}}
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