Elias of Jerusalem

Elias of Jerusalem was a bishop and Patriarch of Jerusalem from 494 until being deposed by Byzantine Emperor Anastasius I in 516 for supporting the decrees of the Council of Chalcedon.[1] He was the main opponent of the monophysites in the Synod of Tyre.[2]

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References

  1. ^ Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson (2003). Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints. ISBN 1931709750. http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1931709750&id=l-pwoTFp31kC&pg=PA326&lpg=PA326&vq=Flavian+and+Elias&dq=%22Elias+of+Jerusalem%22&ie=ISO-8859-1&output=html&sig=N_4-9FnA4lat8XN3xDJsPnJutew. 
  2. ^ "Elias of Jerusalem". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05385a.htm.