Judah Kyriakos

Who is Judah Kyriakos?

Judah Kyriakos, also known popularly as Judas of Jerusalem, was the great grandson of Jude, brother of Jesus, and the last Jewish Bishop of Jerusalem, according to Epiphanius of Salamis and Eusebius of Caesarea.

Though the start of his period as bishop of Jerusalem is not known, Judas is said to have lived beyond the Bar Kokhba's revolt, up to about the eleventh year of Antoninus Pius though Marcus was appointed bishop of Aelia Capitolina in 135 by the Metropolitan of Caesarea.