SOPHRONIUS OF JERUSALEM, Saint. - B. in Damascus ca. 560, d. in Jerusalem on 11 March 638.
A monk in Jerusalem, he accompanied John Moschus (v.) to Egypt and to Rome, and after the latter's death (619) he returned to Palestine. He visited Egypt once more, where he defended dyotheletism against the patriarch Cyrus. Elected (634) patriarch of Jerusalem, in 637 he was forced to hand over the holy city to the caliph Omar.
His ideas on the two energies in Christ are known from his synodal letter. A florilegium with 600 testimonies of the Fathers in favor of the two energies has not been preserved. S. is also known as a hagiographer; he is the author of the Life and of the collection of the miracles of the Egyptian saints Cyrus and John (PG 87, 3, 3377-3676), a work of thanksgiving toward the saints, written with all the refinements of rhetorical art. The Vita Mariae Aegyptiacae, attributed to him (ibid., 3697-3726), is not authentic. Together with John Moschus he composed a biography of the Alexandrian patriarch John the Almsgiver (d. in 619); he also wrote poems: Anacreonteia (ibid., 3733-3838), which were not intended for religious services. Whether he also wrote liturgical hymns is disputed. Sermons of his have been preserved, among which the important ones are that on the Annunciation to Mary (ibid., 3217-88) and one on the feast of Christmas (ed. by H. Usener, in Rhein. Museum f. Philol., new series, 41 [1886], pp. 500-16; on this sermon v. H. Usener, Religionsgeschichtliche Untersuchungen, I, Bonn 1889, p. 326 ff. and Phokylides, in Ehklesiastikas Pharos, 1918, p. 319 ff.).
SOFRONIO DI GERUSALEMME, saint - The Saint, in the act of speaking, with a gospel book in his left hand. Miniature from the Menologion of Basil II (976-1025) - Vatican Library, cod. Vat. gr. 1613, f. 415.(phot. Vatican Library)Bibliography5 worksed. PG 87, 3, 3147-4014. On the Arabic traditions v. G. Graf, Gesch. der christl.-arabisch. Liter. I. Die Übersetzungen (Studi e testi, 118)
BIBL.: ed. PG 87, 3, 3147-4014. On the Arabic traditions v. G. Graf, Gesch. der christl.-arabisch. Liter. I. Die Übersetzungen (Studi e testi, 118), Città del Vaticano 1944, p. 371 ff. On the Latin traditions of the work on Sts. Cyrus and John v. A. Siegmund, Die Überlieferung der griechisch.-christl. Liter. in der lateinischen Kirche, München-Pasing 1939, p. 260 ff. On the doctrine: H. Straubinger, in Der Katholik, 49 (1907), pp. 81 ff., 175 ff., 275 ff.; G. Cosmas, De oeconomia incarnationis secundum s. Sophronium, Roma 1940. On Sts. Cyrus and John v. Th. Nissen, in Byzant. Zeitschr., 39 (1939), p. 349 ff.; Anal. Boll., 57 (1939), p. 65 ff.; R. Herzog, in Pisciculi F. J. Doelger dargeboten, Münster 1939, p. 117 ff. On the poems v. Bardenhewer, V, p. 39 ff.; Eustradiades, in Nèz. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S. S.
Peterson, Erik. “Sofronio di Gerusalemme, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, coll. 906–907. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sofronio-di-gerusalemme-santo.
MLA
Peterson, Erik. “Sofronio di Gerusalemme, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, coll. 906–907. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sofronio-di-gerusalemme-santo.
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@incollection{ec11_sofronio_di_gerusalemme_santo,
author = {Peterson, Erik},
title = {Sofronio di Gerusalemme, santo},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {XI},
pages = {906--907},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sofronio-di-gerusalemme-santo}
}
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