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Simeon of Jerusalem, or Simon of Clopas (Hebrew: שמעון הקלפוס), was a Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the second Bishop of Jerusalem (63 or 70–107 or 117), succeeding James, brother of Jesus.
The early Christian community of Jerusalem was led by a Council of Elders, and considered itself part of the wider Jewish community. [citation needed] This collegiate system of government in Jerusalem is seen in Acts 11:30 and 15:22. Eusebius of Caesarea provides the names of an unbroken succession of thirty-six Bishops of Jerusalem up to the ...
Simeon II or Symeon II was a Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem in the 11th century. Simeon was appointed patriarch in the 1080s. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Pope Urban II addressed a letter to him, urging him to acknowledge papal primacy to achieve the union of the Roman Catholic and Greek Orthodox churches. [ 3 ]
Peter Bryan Wells (born May 12, 1963 [1]) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has spent most of his career in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He has worked in Rome in the administration of the Secretariat of State and in foreign postings. He has been an archbishop and a nuncio since 2016. [2]
Simeon of Jerusalem (fl. 70–107 AD), 1st–2nd century saint, martyr, and second bishop of Jerusalem; Simeon, Archbishop of Seleucia and Ctesiphon (died 345), 4th-century Christian martyr; Simeon Stylites, the Elder (390–459), 5th century Christian ascetic saint who lived for 37 years atop a pillar; Simeon Stylites the Younger (521–596 ...
Justus I Bishop of Jerusalem, whose Jewish name is Judas, was a 2nd-century Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the third Bishop of Jerusalem, whose episcopacy was about 107–113 AD. He succeeded Simeon the son of Clopas who died crucified in 107/108, or in 115-117.
Simeon Stylites (c. 388–459 AD), Christian pillar-hermit from Sisan, Syria; Simeon Stylites III, 5th-century pillar-hermit; Simeon Stylites the Younger (521–597 AD), hermit and pillar-hermit from Antioch; Simeon, the name of one priest and one deacon martyred with Abda and Abdjesus; Simeon the Holy Fool, 6th-century Christian saint and hermit
Simeon in the Temple, by Rembrandt van Rijn, 1631. Simeon (Greek: Συμεών) at the Temple is the "just and devout" man of Jerusalem who, according to Luke 2:25–35, met Mary, Joseph, and Jesus as they entered the Temple to fulfill the requirements of the Law of Moses on the 40th day from Jesus' birth, i.e. the presentation of Jesus at the Temple.