Sophronius of Jerusalem

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Sophronius of Jerusalem was a 7th-century Patriarch of Jerusalem and theologian known for his staunch defense of Chalcedonian orthodoxy against emerging Christological doctrines such as Monothelitism.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Byzantine writer ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
Patriarch of Jerusalem ⓘ
human ⓘ
saint ⓘ
birthDate c. 560 ⓘ
birthPlace Damascus ⓘ
church Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Orthodox Church of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
citizenship Byzantine Empire ⓘ
contemporaryOf Heraclius ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Heraclius

Pope Honorius I (posthumously) ⓘ
surface form: Pope Honorius I
deathDate 638 ⓘ
denomination Chalcedonian ⓘ
described Muslim conquest of the Levant ⓘ
surface form: Islamic conquest of Jerusalem
electedAs Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem ⓘ
surface form: Patriarch of Jerusalem
endTime as Patriarch of Jerusalem: 638 ⓘ
feastDay 11 March ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
knownFor defense of Chalcedonian orthodoxy ⓘ
hagiographical works ⓘ
liturgical poetry ⓘ
opposition to Monothelitism ⓘ
theological writings ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Greek ⓘ
monasticStatus monk ⓘ
movement Chalcedonian Christianity ⓘ
name Sophronius of Jerusalem self-link ⓘ
occupation bishop ⓘ
patriarch ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
writer ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Monenergism ⓘ
Monothelitism ⓘ
participatedIn Christological controversies of the 7th century ⓘ
positionHeld Patriarch of Jerusalem ⓘ
predecessor Patriarch Modestus of Jerusalem ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
startTime as Patriarch of Jerusalem: 634 ⓘ
successor Patriarch Stephen II of Jerusalem ⓘ
theologicalPosition Dyothelitism ⓘ
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
wrote Anacreontic poems ⓘ
Life of St. Mary of Egypt ⓘ
Proclamation of the Synodikon of Orthodoxy ⓘ
surface form: Synodical Letter to Eastern patriarchs

Synodical Letter to Pope Honorius I ⓘ
homilies ⓘ
liturgical hymns ⓘ
sermons ⓘ

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Cyrus of Alexandria → opposedBy → Sophronius of Jerusalem ⓘ
Monoenergism → criticizedBy → Sophronius of Jerusalem ⓘ
Sophronius of Jerusalem → name → Sophronius of Jerusalem self-link ⓘ
Siege of Jerusalem (636–637) → commander → Sophronius of Jerusalem ⓘ
this entity surface form: Patriarch Sophronius of Jerusalem