Narcissus of Jerusalem
Patriarch of Jerusalem, saint
b. c. 95 · d. c. 211
30th Bishop of Jerusalem (Patriarch)
Offices
Narcissus of Jerusalem was an early patriarch of Jerusalem. He is venerated as a saint by both the Western and Eastern Churches. In the Roman Catholic Church, his feast day is celebrated on October 29, while in the Eastern Orthodox Church it is celebrated on August 7.
Related people
- Dolichianus of Jerusalem succeeded · inferred
Commemorated
Places
- Aelia Capitolina death
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 5.12, 6.9
- Oriens Christianus in quatuor Patriarchatus digestus 1 claim — Oriens Christianus III, col. 101 sqq. — De Patriarchatu Hierosolymitano