patriarch of Jerusalem
b. 6th century · d. c. 632
36th Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch)
Zacharias of Jerusalem was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Church of Jerusalem from 609 to 632. Zacharias spent most of his patriarchate as a prisoner of the Sasanian Emperor Khosrow II following the Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem. He is commemorated by the Orthodox Church on February 21. He is also venerated in the Catholic Church, where he is known mostly for the sacramental called the "Plague Cross of Saint Zacharias of Jerusalem".