Nicephorus I of Jerusalem
patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem from 1020 to 1048
b. 10th century
78th Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) · 1020–?
Offices
- Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) № 78 · 1020 – ?
Nicephorus I of Jerusalem was the patriarch of the Church of Jerusalem from 1020 to 1048. He was appointed by the Fatimid Caliph al-Hakim. After his appointment, Patriarch Nicephorus visited Al-Hakim at his capital in Egypt. He pleaded with him about the persecutions of the Christians in the Holy Land and asked Al-Hakim's protection for both himself and the Christians. The Caliph agreed to provide protection.
Related people
- Theophilus I of Jerusalem succeeded · inferred
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