Bishop of Jerusalem from 387 to 417
b. 356 · d. 10 Jan 417
27th Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) · 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.
Jerusalem