The Apologists · AD 130–180
Levi of Jerusalem
fl. c. 129 (death unrecorded) · 12th bishop of Jerusalem (of the circumcision) · Jerusalem
The Apologists
Who Levi of Jerusalem was
Twelfth of the fifteen Hebrew bishops. The priestly tribal name closes over a man of whom the church could remember only that he had held James’s seat.
Also listed in the bishops of Jerusalem.
Common questions
When was Levi active?
Levi of Jerusalem is dated fl. c. 129 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Levi 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 Levi?
Levi 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 Levi from?
The archive associates Levi of Jerusalem with Jerusalem.
Who were Levi’s contemporaries?
The archive links Levi of Jerusalem to 2 other figures, including Justus II of Jerusalem and Ephres 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…Levi the twelfth, 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)
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 Levi.