Elias I of Jerusalem

Saint

Elias I of Jerusalem
Patriarch of Jerusalem
Bornunknown
Diedc. 518
Venerated inEastern Orthodox Church
Catholic Church
Feast20 July (Eastern Orthodox Church), 4 July (Catholic Church)
AttributesBishop

Elias of Jerusalem (d. c. 518) was a bishop and Patriarch of Jerusalem from 494[1] until he was deposed by Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I in 516 for supporting the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon.[2] Elias was an Arab, by birth, who had been educated in a monastery in Egypt.[3] At the Synod of Sidon (512) he successfully defended, together with Flavian II of Antioch, the dyophysite Christological doctrine proclaimed by the Council of Chalcedon.[4] Elias, together with Flavian II of Antioch, is commemorated on July 20 in the Eastern Orthodox Church and July 4 in the Roman Martyrology.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section
  2. ↑ Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 1-931709-75-0.
  3. ↑ Fortescue, Adrian. "Elias of Jerusalem". The Catholic Encyclopedia.
  4. ↑ Public Domain Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Elias of Jerusalem". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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