Elias of Jerusalem (d. c. 518) was a bishop and Patriarch of Jerusalem from 494[1] until he was deposed by Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I in 516 for supporting the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon.[2] Elias was an Arab, by birth, who had been educated in a monastery in Egypt.[3] At the Synod of Sidon (512) he successfully defended, together with Flavian II of Antioch, the dyophysite Christological doctrine proclaimed by the Council of Chalcedon.[4]

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  1. ^ Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section
  2. ^ Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. Our Sunday Visitor. ISBN 1-931709-75-0.
  3. ^ Fortescue, Adrian. "Elias of Jerusalem". The Catholic Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ Public Domain Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Elias of Jerusalem". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Religious titles Preceded bySallustius of Jerusalem Patriarch of Jerusalem 494-516 Succeeded byJohn III (bishop of Jerusalem)


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