Juvenal, Patriarch of Jerusalem
July 2nd
After thirty years of tumult and turmoil, the
venerated old man was finally dying.
venerated old man was finally dying.The year was 458 A.D. The old man lay motionless on the sickbed that he knew would also be his deathbed. During the last few days of his life, he would have a chance to review his struggles as the Patriarch of Jerusalem – as a dedicated Church leader who had done his best to serve God and his fellow Christians during the tumultuous Fifth Century.
