John VII of Jerusalem
Patriarch of Jeruslaem
d. 966
72nd Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch)
Offices
John VII was Patriarch of Jerusalem from 964 to 966. He was among the bishops of Jerusalem who is believed to have suffered a martyr's death at the hands of Muslim mobs. He was elected patriarch after the death of his predecessor Agathon in 964.
Related people
- Christodulus II of Jerusalem preceded · inferred
Places
- Jerusalem death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus III, col. 101 sqq. — De Patriarchatu Hierosolymitano