George of Jerusalem (died 807) was the Patriarch of Jerusalem from 797 until his death. Little is known about his activities while he was patriarch. At the time, the Church of Jerusalem was under the

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. George was the

syncellus ''Synkellos'' ( el, σύγκελλος), latinized as ''syncellus'', is an ecclesiastical office in the Eastern Rite churches. In the Byzantine Empire, the ''synkellos'' of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople was a position of major import ...

of Patriarch Elias II before he became patriarch about 797. During the final years before the death of Patriarch Elias, Syncellus George sent a delegation to western Europe to

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to gain the help and protection of the Franks against the Muslims in the

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. George was succeeded by the

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Thomas Tamriq upon his death in 807. George is listed as a saint only in the Palestinian-Georgian calendar, commemorated on April 7.

Sources

The History of the Church of Jerusalem

* 8th-century births 807 deaths 8th-century patriarchs of Jerusalem 9th-century patriarchs of Jerusalem Melkites in the Abbasid Caliphate Palestine under the Abbasid Caliphate {{EarlyChurch-bishop-stub