Judah Kyriakos, also known popularly as Judas of Jerusalem, was the great-grandson of

Jude, brother of Jesus Jude (alternatively Judas or Judah; grc-gre, Ἰούδας) is one of the relatives of Jesus () according to the New Testament. He is traditionally identified as the author of the Epistle of Jude, a short epistle which is reckoned among the sev ...

, and the last Jewish Bishop of Jerusalem, according to

Epiphanius of Salamis Epiphanius of Salamis ( grc-gre, Ἐπιφάνιος; c. 310–320 – 403) was the bishop of Salamis, Cyprus, at the end of the 4th century. He is considered a saint and a Church Father by both the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Churches. He g ...

and Eusebius of Caesarea.

Eusebius Eusebius of Caesarea (; grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος ; 260/265 – 30 May 339), also known as Eusebius Pamphilus (from the grc-gre, Εὐσέβιος τοῦ Παμφίλου), was a Greek historian of Christianity, exegete, and Chris ...

''The History of the Church''
(Tr. A. G. Williamson, Penguin Books, 1965. ), see summary in Appendix A. He is sometimes regarded as the great-grandnephew of

Jesus Jesus, likely from he, יֵשׁוּעַ, translit=Yēšūaʿ, label= Hebrew/ Aramaic ( AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ or Jesus of Nazareth (among other names and titles), was a first-century Jewish preacher and religiou ...

. Though the start of his period as bishop of Jerusalem is not known, Judas is said to have lived beyond the

Bar Kokhba's revolt The Bar Kokhba revolt ( he, , links=yes, ''Mereḏ Bar Kōḵḇāʾ‎''), or the 'Jewish Expedition' as the Romans named it ( la, Expeditio Judaica), was a rebellion by the Jews of the Roman province of Judea, led by Simon bar Kokhba, aga ...

(132–136), up to about the eleventh year of

Antoninus Pius Antoninus Pius ( Latin: ''Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Pius''; 19 September 86 – 7 March 161) was Roman emperor from 138 to 161. He was the fourth of the Five Good Emperors from the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. Born into a senatori ...

(c. AD 148) though Marcus was appointed bishop of

Aelia Capitolina Aelia Capitolina (Traditional English Pronunciation: ; Latin in full: ) was a Roman colony founded during Emperor Hadrian's trip to Judah in 129/130, centered around Jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the siege of 70 CE. The f ...

in 135 by the Metropolitan of Caesarea. He is also mentioned in the apocryphal Letter of ''James to Quadratus''.Richard Bauckham, ''Jude and the Relatives of Jesus in the Early Church'' (Bloomsbury Publishing, 29 Jan. 2015). p. 73.

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