Simeon II (Jerusalem)

Simeon II was the Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem (1085 / 1094-1097 / 1098).

Historical background

In 1071 Christian Jerusalem had been conquered by the Turkish Seljuks . Then in 1097 crusaders advanced on Antioch , and in mid-1098 they conquered it. On July 15, 1099, they captured Jerusalem. A Kingdom of Jerusalem was established. The Orthodox Patriarchate of Jerusalem was in exile in Constantinople at this time . A Latin patriarchate was established in Jerusalem .

Life

There is no information about the origin of Simeon. He became Patriarch of Jerusalem between 1084 and 1094. In 1093 Peter the Hermit was commissioned by the Latin Church in Jerusalem. He is said to have met Patriarch Simeon there. In 1094 Simeon was mentioned as a participant in the Synod of Blachernae .

At the end of 1097 and on January 15, 1098, he was co-author of two letters from Orthodox and Catholic clerics on the situation in Jerusalem. Between 1097 and 1099 he fled to Cyprus . His further fate is unclear. He probably died in Cyprus before July 15, 1099. Matthias von Edessa mentioned him in 1101 during the miracle in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher . His successor John VIII is first mentioned when he received the Metropolitan of Tire, who had come to Jerusalem in 1097.

literature

Anton Michel: The Byzantine and Roman advertisement for Symeon II of Jerusalem. In: Journal of Church History. 62, 1943-49, pp. 164-169
Bernard Leib (Ed.): Deux inédits byzantins sur les azymes au début du XIIe siècle. In: Orientalia Christiana. 9, Rome, 1924, pp. 157-176

Web links

A. Mertens: Simeon II Patriarch of Jerusalem. In: Who was a Christian in the Holy Land? Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 ; accessed on August 19, 2020 (English).

Remarks

↑ In 1084 his predecessor Euthymios is mentioned, in 1093, at the latest in 1094, Simeon was first mentioned as patriarch
↑ Unsure, cf. René Grousset, Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem , I, Paris, 1934, p. 74
↑ Paul Gautier: Le synod of Blachernes (fin 1094): étude prosopographique. In: Revue des études byzantines 29, 1971, pp. 213-284
↑ Albert von Aachen , VI, 39; William of Tire , VII, 23; Nikephoros Kallistu Xanthopulos writes that the patriarchate was orphaned before the conquest of Jerusalem. See Patrologia Graeca , 146, 1096d.
^ Albert von Aachen , VI, 39

predecessor	Office	successor
Euthymios I.	Patriarch of Jerusalem 1092-1099	John VIII

personal data
SURNAME	Simeon II
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem
DATE OF BIRTH	11th century
DATE OF DEATH	around 1100

[1] In 1084 his predecessor Euthymios is mentioned, in 1093, at the latest in 1094, Simeon was first mentioned as patriarch

[2] Unsure, cf. René Grousset, Histoire des croisades et du royaume franc de Jérusalem , I, Paris, 1934, p. 74

[3] Paul Gautier: Le synod of Blachernes (fin 1094): étude prosopographique. In: Revue des études byzantines 29, 1971, pp. 213-284

[4] Albert von Aachen , VI, 39; William of Tire , VII, 23; Nikephoros Kallistu Xanthopulos writes that the patriarchate was orphaned before the conquest of Jerusalem. See Patrologia Graeca , 146, 1096d.

[5] Albert von Aachen , VI, 39