Patr. of [
Jerusalem
](https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Jerusalem) (from 634) and Greek author. Together with [
Maximus
](https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Maximus)
the Confessor he was a strong opponent of the monoergist and monothelete
theology promoted by the emperor Heraclius. His Letter to Arcadius,
archbishop of Cyprus, lost in Greek, was translated in [
Edessa
](https://gedsh.bethmardutho.org/Edessa) by a certain
Constantine in 720/1, and is preserved in a single Syriac ms. dated 723.
This and his Synodical Letter of 634 are his only dogmatic writings, his
other works consisting of sermons, hagiography, and poetry. His death fell
shortly after the peaceful transfer of Jerusalem to Arab rule.