Basil of Jerusalem
Patriarch lf Jerusalem
b. 840
61st Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) · 820–838
Offices
- Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) № 61 · 820 – 838
Basil of Jerusalem was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Church of Jerusalem from 821 to 842. During his episcopate, Basil actively opposed the iconoclasm that was supported by the Byzantine emperor Theophilus.
Related people
- Thomas 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