Athanasius II of Jerusalem
Athanasius II (Greek: Αθανάσιος Β΄; fl. 1229 – d. 1247+) was the Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem from c. 1231 to 1244.[1] The Church of the Holy Sepulchre seems to have been largely in Athanasius' hands during the Latin control of Jerusalem.[2] The Serbian Archbishop Sava (1174–1237) guested Athanasius twice in the Holy Land,[3] and according to Serbian chronicles they were good friends.[4] After the Latin retreat from Jerusalem in 1244, the Melkites (who were the majority of the south of the Latin kingdom) turned to Athanasius.[5] Athanasius II was in negotiations with the Pope through friar Lawrence of Portugal in 1247; Innocent IV supported him against the Latin patriarch, Robert.[5]
References[]
- ^ Pringle 1993, p. 3.
- ^ Pringle 1993, pp. 31–32.
- ^ Pringle 1993, p. 211.
- ^ Mileusnić 2000, pp. 42–43.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Setton, Zacour & Hazard 1985, p. 466.
Sources[]
- Pringle, Denys (1993). 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.
- Setton, Kenneth M.; Hazard, Harry W.; Zacour, Norman P., eds. (1989). A History of the Crusades, Volume VI: The Impact of the Crusades on Europe. Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 466. ISBN 0-299-10740-X.
Categories:
- 12th-century births
- 1247 deaths
- 13th-century Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Jerusalem
- 13th-century people of the Kingdom of Jerusalem