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Athanasius II of Jerusalem

Athanasius II of Jerusalem

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Athanasius II (Greek: Αθανάσιος Β΄; fl. 1229 – d. 1247+) was the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from c. 1231 to 1244.[1][2]

The Church of the Holy Sepulchre seems to have been largely in Athanasius' hands during the Latin control of Jerusalem.[3] The Serbian Archbishop Sava (1174–1237) guested Athanasius twice in the Holy Land,[4] and according to Serbian chronicles they were good friends.[5] After the Latin retreat from Jerusalem in 1244, the Melkites (who were the majority of the south of the Latin kingdom) turned to Athanasius.[6] Athanasius II was in negotiations with the Pope through friar Lawrence of Portugal in 1247; Innocent IV supported him against the Latin patriarch, Robert.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Pringle 2007, p. 3.
  2. [2]
    Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section
  3. [3]
    Pringle 2007, pp. 31–32.
  4. [4]
    Pringle 2007, p. 211.
  5. [5]
    Mileusnić 2000, pp. 42–43.
  6. [6]
    Baldwin 1985, p. 466.

Sources

  • Pringle, Denys (2007). The Churches of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: Volume 3, The City of Jerusalem: A Corpus. Cambridge University Press. pp. 3, 31–32, 211. ISBN 978-0-521-39038-5.
  • Mileusnić, Slobodan (2000). Sveti Srbi. Novi Sad: Prometej. ISBN 86-7639-478-4. OCLC 44601641.
  • Baldwin, Marshall (1985). "Missions to the East in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth centuries". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Zacour, Norman P.; Hazard, Harry W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume V: The Impact of the Crusades on the Near East. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 452–518. ISBN 0-299-09140-6.
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