Patriarch of Jerusalem (634-638). Surrendered the city to Caliph Umar in 637/638. First major opponent of Monothelitism; his Synodical Letter was a key dyothelite document. Friend of John Moschus.
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Who was Sophronius of Jerusalem?
Sophronius of Jerusalem (560–638) — Patriarch of Jerusalem (634-638). Surrendered the city to Caliph Umar in 637/638. First major opponent of Monothelitism; his Synodical Letter was a key dyothelite document. Friend of John Moschus.
Heraclius promoted Monoenergism/Monothelitism via the Ekthesis (638) and Patriarch Sergius's Psephos; Sophronius led ecclesial opposition culminating in his synodical letter of 634.
Sophronius, Synodical Letter (634), in ACO ser. II vol. 2 · Theophanes, Chronographia AM 6121