Jerusalem
Episcopal see · Place of martyrdom · Burial place · Council site · School or library
city in the Middle East, holy to the three Abrahamic religions
Location: 31.7767, 35.2342 · Pleiades 687928
What this place is
- School or library — the library at Aelia, gathered by bishop Alexander, where Eusebius found much of the material for his own history
Seat of
Who is recorded here
- Berenice birth · 50 BC
- Herodias birth · 15 BC
- Joachim death · 10 BC
- Jesus presentation · 5 BC
- Jesus pilgrimage · AD 7
- Paul the Apostle residence · AD 20
- Andrew the Apostle ministry · AD 30
- Barnabas residence · AD 30
- Bartholomew the Apostle ministry · AD 30
- James, son of Alphaeus ministry · AD 30
- James, son of Zebedee ministry · AD 30
- Jesus burial · AD 30
- Jesus ministry · AD 30
- John the Apostle ministry · AD 30
- Judas Iscariot death · AD 30
- Judas Iscariot ministry · AD 30
- Jude the Apostle ministry · AD 30
- Mark the Evangelist residence · AD 30
- Mary Magdalene travel · AD 30
- Matthew the Apostle ministry · AD 30
- Matthias ministry · AD 30
- Philip the Apostle ministry · AD 30
- Saint Peter ministry · AD 30
- Simon the Zealot ministry · AD 30
- Thomas the Apostle ministry · AD 30
- Dismas death · AD 33
- James the Just ministry · AD 33
- Paul the Apostle travel · AD 36
- Saint Stephen death · AD 36
- Flavius Josephus birth · AD 37
- James, son of Zebedee travel · AD 43
- James, son of Zebedee death · AD 44
- Saint Peter travel · AD 44
- Mark the Evangelist residence · AD 47
- Paul the Apostle travel · AD 52
- Helena of Adiabene burial · AD 56
- Luke the Evangelist travel · AD 57
- Paul the Apostle travel · AD 57
- James the Just death · AD 62
- James the Less death · AD 62
- Matthias death · AD 80
- Prochorus (deacon) birth · AD 100
- Zechariah death · AD 100
- Simeon of Jerusalem death · AD 107
- Zacchaeus of Jerusalem death · AD 116
- Matthias of Jerusalem death · AD 120
- Hegesippus death · AD 180
- Sextus Julius Africanus death · AD 240
- Cyril of Jerusalem birth · AD 313
- Saint Helena travel · AD 326
- Macarius of Jerusalem death · AD 335
- Maximus of Jerusalem death · AD 350
- Cyril of Jerusalem death · AD 386
- Melania the Elder death · AD 410
- John II death · AD 417
- Valerius Pinianus death · AD 420
- Albina death · AD 431
- Melania the Younger death · AD 439
- Euthymius the Great death · AD 473
- Modestos of Jerusalem death · AD 634
and 16 more
What happened here
- Gabriel appears to Zechariah in the temple 6 BC
- Presentation in the Temple 5 BC
- Finding in the Temple AD 7
- Nicodemus comes by night AD 28
- Nicodemus speaks for the accused AD 29
- The council resolves to kill Jesus AD 30
- triumphal entry into Jerusalem AD 30
- Trial before the Sanhedrin AD 30
- Trial before Herod AD 30
- Trial before Pilate AD 30
- The Death of Judas AD 30
- Veronica wipes the face of Jesus AD 30
- The Appearance to Mary Magdalene AD 30
- The Confession of Thomas AD 30
- Election of Matthias AD 30
- Pentecost AD 30
- Gamaliel's counsel before the council AD 32
- The appointment of the Seven AD 33
- Stoning of Stephen AD 34
- Martyrdom of James son of Zebedee AD 44
- Peter's escape from prison AD 44
- The Dormition of the Theotokos AD 48
- Council of Jerusalem AD 49
- The delegation carrying the collection to Jerusalem AD 57
- The riot in the temple and Paul's arrest AD 57
- Martyrdom of James the Just AD 62
- Simeon succeeds James at Jerusalem AD 62
- Fall of Jerusalem AD 70
- The Martyrdom of Simeon of Jerusalem AD 107
- Bar Kokhba revolt crushed AD 132
- Helena goes to the holy places AD 326
- Cyril delivers the Catechetical Lectures AD 350
- Melania the Elder founds the monastery on the Mount of Olives AD 378
- Egeria writes down the Jerusalem services AD 384
- The repose of Melania the Younger AD 439
- Persian sack of Jerusalem AD 614
- Restoration of the True Cross AD 630
- Fall of Jerusalem to the caliphate AD 638
- Persecution under al-Hakim AD 1009
- Holy Sepulchre rebuilt AD 1048
In art
- Triptych of the Transfiguration, Christ in Jerusalem, and the resurrection of Lazarus — Guido of Siena (1270)
- Entry of Christ into Jerusalem — Alessandro Magnasco (1426)
- Jesus among the Doctors — Giovanni Francesco da Rimini (1450)
- Circumcision — Giovanni Francesco da Rimini (1450)
- The Presentation of Jesus at the Temple — Giovanni Francesco da Rimini (1450)
About the place
Jerusalem is a city in the Southern Levant, on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea. It is one of the oldest cities in the world and is considered a holy city to the three major Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
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