Simeon II of Jerusalem

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] Patriarch Nicholas III of Constantinople warned Simeon against accepting the pope's offer, reminding him about the Orthodox views about the Eucharist, papal primacy and the Filioque. ^[3] Simeon wrote a commentary about the use of unleavened bread in the Eucharist in the Roman Catholic Church in defence of the Orthodox practise. ^{[4] [5]} After the Artuqids forced him into exile, he settled in Cyprus. ^[4]

References

1. Hamilton 2016, p. 5.
2. Jerusalem Patriarchate website, Apostolic Succession section
3. Charanis 1969, p. 218.
4. Hamilton 2016, p. 6.
5. Runciman 1969, p. 313.

Sources

• Charanis, Peter (1969) [1955]. "The Byzantine Empire in the Eleventh Century". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Baldwin, Marshall W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Hundred Years (Second ed.). Madison, Milwaukee, and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 177–219. ISBN   0-299-04834-9.
• Hamilton, Bernard (2016). The Latin Church in the Crusader States: The Secular Church. Routledge. ISBN   9780860780724.
• Runciman, Steven (1969) [1955]. "The First Crusade: Antioch to Ascalon". In Setton, Kenneth M.; Baldwin, Marshall W. (eds.). A History of the Crusades, Volume I: The First Hundred Years (Second ed.). Madison, Milwaukee, and London: University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 308–341. ISBN   0-299-04834-9.

Religious titles
Preceded by Euthemius I	Patriarch of Jerusalem 1084-1106	Succeeded by Savvas