Saint Sophronius

Memorial

• 11 March

Profile

Native of Damascus, Syria. Travelled widely in the East and West. Lived several years at Alexandria, Egypt near Saint John the Almoner. Ecclesiastical writer of distinction. Poet and extensive correspondent; some of his writings have survived. Fought the Monothelitism heresy. Patriach of Jerusalem from 634 until his death, but was driven from the city by Saracens.

Died

• 639 at Jerusalem of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson

MLA Citation

• “Saint Sophronius”. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 January 2010. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-sophronius/>