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Zacharias of Jerusalem

patriarch of Jerusalem

SaintPre-congregation

Feast: 21 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
550
Died
632
Beatified
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began

Who they were

Zacharias of Jerusalem was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the Church of Jerusalem from 609 to 632. Zacharias spent most of his patriarchate as a prisoner of the Sasanian Emperor Khosrow II following the Sasanian conquest of Jerusalem. He is commemorated by the Orthodox Church on February 21. He is also venerated in the Catholic Church, where he is known mostly for the sacramental called the "Plague Cross of Saint Zacharias of Jerusalem".

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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