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]

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