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Mar 11, 2017 · Born in Damascus c. 550-560, by his mid-twenties Sophronius was already a noted teacher of rhetoric, so much so that in his companion John Moschus’ 6th-century collection of narratives on the ascetic life, the Leimonarion (The Spiritual Meadow), he is referred to as Sophronius the Sophist, a title that follows him through the Byzantine literature of the period until his enthronement as ...
Jul 12, 2012 · Description. A short biographical sketch of St. Sophronius, Patriarch of Jerusalem in 634. Larger Work. Crisis Magazine Online. Publisher & Date. Sophia Institute, July 12, 2012
Hence the execution of the 10 martyrs of Gaza at Jerusalem on either 6 November or 11 November 639 provides a firm terminus postquam for the death of Abu Ubayda, while the fact that Amr b. al-As dared to execute Sophronius without recourse to his supreme commander reinforces the present dating of the deaths of these martyrs in so far as it suggests that this post was actually vacant at the time.
- David Woods
Mar 11, 2024 · After the death of Patriarch Modestus in December of 634, Sophronius was elected Patriarch of Jerusalem. Although no longer in the hands of the Persians, the Holy Land was now besieged by the armies of the newly-appeared religion of Mohammed, which had already taken Bethlehem; in the Saint's sermon for the Nativity of our Lord in 634, he laments that he could not celebrate the feast in Bethlehem.
Sophronius (born c. 560, Damascus [Syria]—died March 11, 638, Jerusalem) was the patriarch of Jerusalem, monk, and theologian who was the chief protagonist for orthodox teaching in the doctrinal controversy on the essential nature of Christ and his volitional acts. A teacher of rhetoric, Sophronius became an ascetic in Egypt about 580 and ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sophronius (Greek: Σωφρόνιος; Arabic: صفرونيوس; c. 560 – March 11, 638), called Sophronius the Sophist, [1] was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 634 until his death. [2] He is venerated as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. Before rising to the primacy of the see of Jerusalem, he was a monk and theologian ...
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St. Sophronius. A courageous leader of the Jerusalem Church during the Islamic conquests of the seventh century, Patriarch Saint Sophronius I has his liturgical memorial on March 11. Though he is ...
