Juvenal of Jerusalem

Hierarch

Commemorated July 2

Our father among the saints Juvenal of Jerusalem (Greek: Άγιος Ιουβενάλιος) was the Bishop of the Church of Jerusalem from 420 to 458. Following the Fourth Ecumenical Council in Chalcedon , in 451, that recognized the see of Jerusalem as a Patriarchate, he became the first Patriarch of Jerusalem, an office he occupied until his death in 458. His feast day is July 2 .

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