The Apologists · AD 130–180
Ephres of Jerusalem
fl. c. 131 (death unrecorded) · 13th bishop of Jerusalem (of the circumcision) · Jerusalem
The Apologists
Who Ephres of Jerusalem was
Thirteenth bishop, leading the church into the very years of the second revolt. A name only — the twilight of the Jerusalem episcopate of the circumcision.
Also listed in the bishops of Jerusalem.
Common questions
When was Ephres active?
Ephres of Jerusalem is dated fl. c. 131 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Ephres in the Apologists (AD 130–180). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Ephres?
Ephres of Jerusalem is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea and Epiphanius of Salamis. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Ephres from?
The archive associates Ephres of Jerusalem with Jerusalem.
Who were Ephres’ contemporaries?
The archive links Ephres of Jerusalem to 2 other figures, including Levi of Jerusalem and Joseph of Jerusalem. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History IV.5
c. AD 325…Ephres the thirteenth, Joseph the fourteenth, and last of all Judas the fifteenth.Eusebius of Caesarea · IV.5 · source text
Panarion 66.20 (the Jerusalem succession, with variant spellings)
c. AD 375Connected in the archive
People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 62 · James the Just stoned, AD 62
- AD 64 · The Great Fire and Nero’s persecution, AD 64
- AD 70 · The fall of Jerusalem, AD 70
- AD 95 · Domitian’s reprisals, AD 95
- AD 96 · Rome writes to Corinth: 1 Clement, AD 96
- AD 112 · Pliny writes Trajan, AD 112
- AD 117 · Symeon and Ignatius martyred, AD 117
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Ephres.