Athanasios II (Jerusalem)
Athanasios II († August 24, 1244 ) was the Greek patriarch of Jerusalem (from 1235 at the latest until his death).
Life
Athanasios came "from the west" (ἐκ δυσμῶν προελθών), so he did not come from Palestine , but from the empire of Nikaia .
In 1235 he was named in a letter from Patriarch Germanos II of Constantinople on the question of an independent Bulgarian patriarchate in Tarnowo as the incumbent patriarch of Jerusalem.
Crusaders ruled the Kingdom of Jerusalem since 1229 . In 1244 Khwarezmiyya and Ayyubids conquered the city, Athanasios was killed on August 24th with many other, Greek and Latin Christians in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher .
literature
- Venance Grumel: La chronologie des patriarches grecs de Jérusalem au XIIIe siècle. In: Revue des Études Byzantines. Volume 20, 1962, pp. 197-201, here pp. 198f. doi: 10.3406 / rebyz.1962.1288
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Euthymios II |
Patriarch of Jerusalem 1235–1244 |
Sophronios III. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Athanasios II |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Patriarch of Jerusalem |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th century or 13th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1244 |