Justus of Jerusalem
third "bishop" of Jerusalem, leader of the christian movement
d. 107
3rd Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch)
Offices
Justus I Bishop of Jerusalem, whose Jewish name is Judas, was a 2nd-century Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the third Bishop of Jerusalem, whose episcopacy was about 107–113 AD. He succeeded Simeon the son of Clopas who died crucified in 107/108, or in 115-117. He is probably a son of James, brother of Jesus and sometimes identified as the New Testament's "Jude of James", otherwise Jude the Apostle. His successor Zacchea I is also called "the Righteous", since this is the meaning of the Aramaic Zakka.
Related people
- James the Just child of · traditional
- Simeon of Jerusalem succeeded · inferred
- Zacchaeus of Jerusalem preceded · inferred
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 3.35
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus III, col. 101 sqq. — De Patriarchatu Hierosolymitano