Modestus of Jerusalem

Modestus of Jerusalem (died December 17, 630^[1]) was a Patriarch of Jerusalem, who is commemorated as a saint by the Catholic Church on December 17th, and by the Orthodox Church, on May 17, March 29 or December 17. The Palestinian-Georgian calendar venerates him on December 16 and October 19 in the Acta Sanctorum.

Life[]

Aigues Mortes-Chapel of the to the Mount of Olives; in front of that is placed a gilded wooden reliquary bust Saint Modestus of Jerusalem

He was born in Cappadocian Sebasteia.^[2] Five months old at his Christian parents' death, he was raised as a Christian. As an adult he was sold as a slave in Egypt, but converted his pagan master to Christianity and was freed by him. Withdrawing to Mount Sinai to live as an ascetic, he was later made abbot of the Monastery of St. Theodosius in Palestine.

In 614 Chosroes II destroyed Jerusalem, killed 66,509 Christians and captured the Patriarch of Jerusalem (then Zacharias), other Christians and the True Cross. Modestus had been on his way to raise Greek troops to oppose this and was surrounded by Persian troops, having a narrow escape.^[1] Modestus was then chosen to stand in for Zacharias as Patriarch. He buried the monks killed at the monastery of Saint Sabbas the Sanctified and rebuilt the Holy Sepulchre, the city's churches and monasteries with help from John the Merciful, Patriarch of Alexandria.^[3] He became patriarch in his own right after Zacharias died in Persia when Heraclius visited the city to restore the True Cross in March 630. On Modestus's death he was buried in the Church of the Eleona on the Mount of Olives.^[4]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Antiochus Strategos, The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 AD, F.C. CONYBEARE, English Historical Review 25 (1910) pp. 502-517
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2010-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ Revue Eleona, April 1961

External links[]

Building projects of Modestus
Orthodox Church in America - Modestus of Jerusalem
"Modestus of Jerusalem". Orthodoxwiki.org. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
"St Modestus, Patriarch of Jerusalem. Commemorated December 18 (Civil Date: December 31 )". Orthodox.net. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

Preceded by Zacharias	Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem 632–634	Succeeded by Sophronius I

[tertullian.org-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Antiochus Strategos, The Capture of Jerusalem by the Persians in 614 AD, F.C. CONYBEARE, English Historical Review 25 (1910) pp. 502-517

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-07. Retrieved 2010-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-21. Retrieved 2010-08-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[4] Revue Eleona, April 1961

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show v t Bishops and Patriarchs of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
Bishops of Jerusalem (until 451)	James, brother of Jesus Simeon of Jerusalem Justus Zacchaeus Tobias Benjamin John I Matthias Philip Senecas Justus II Levis Ephram Joseph I Judas Marcus Dolichianus Narcissus Dius Germanion Gordius Alexander Imeneus Zamudas Ermon Macarius Maximus III Cyril I John II Praulius Juvenal
Patriarchs of Jerusalem (from 451)	Juvenal Anastasius I Martyrius Elias I John III Peter Macarius II Eustochius Amos Zacharias Modestus Sophronius Anastasius II John V Theodore Elias II George Thomas I Basileus Theodosius Elias III Leontius I Christodulus John VII Christodulus II Joseph II Orestes Theophilus I Nicephorus I Simeon II ^§ ^§ ^§ ^§ ^§ Leontius II^§ Dositheos I Athanasius II Athanasius IV Jacob II Abraham I Gregory III Marcus III Dorotheus II Germanus Sophronius IV Theophanes III Paiseus Nectarius I Dositheos II Chrysanthus Meletius Parthenius Ephram II Sophronius V Abraham II Procopius I Anthemus Polycarpus Athanasius V Cyril II Procopius II Hierotheus Nicodemus I Gerasimus I Damian I Timotheus I Benedict I Diodoros I Irenaios I Theophilus III
^§: in exile at Constantinople due to the Latin rule over Jerusalem

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