John II
Bishop of Jerusalem from 387 to 417
b. 356 · d. 10 Jan 417
39th Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) · 387–417
Offices
- Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) № 39 · 387 – 417
John II was bishop of Jerusalem from AD 387 to AD 417. John II succeeded to the episcopal throne of Jerusalem on the death of Cyril in 386. He was the author, according to an increasing number of modern scholars, of the five Mystagogical Catecheses traditionally ascribed to his predecessor Cyril.
Related people
- Cyril of Jerusalem succeeded · inferred
- Praulius of Jerusalem preceded · inferred
Commemorated
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