Juvenal of Jerusalem

bishop of Jerusalem

b. 4th century · d. 2 Jul 458

41st Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) · 422–451 · Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch) · 451–2 Jul 458

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Saint Juvenal was Bishop of Jerusalem from 422. On the See of Jerusalem being recognised as a Metropolitinate by the Council of Chalcedon, he became the first Metropolitan of Jerusalem, an office he occupied until his death in 458. His jurisdictional reach over all three provinces of Roman Palestine would subsequently gain him the recognition as the first Patriarch of Jerusalem.

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How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

  • The Seven Ecumenical Councils (NPNF series 2 vol. 14) 1 claim — Council of Chalcedon
  • Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 2 claims — Oriens Christianus III, col. 101 sqq. — De Patriarchatu Hierosolymitano

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