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Justus I Bishop of Jerusalem, was a 1st-century Jewish Christian leader and according to most Christian traditions the third Bishop of Jerusalem, whose episcopacy was about 107–113 AD.
Life
Eusebius of Caesarea gives the list of these bishops. According to a universal tradition the first bishop of Jerusalem was Saint James the Just, the "brother of the Lord," who according to Eusebius said that he was appointed bishop by the Apostles Peter, St. James (whom Eusebius identifies with James, son of Zebedee), and John. According to Eusebius, Saint Simeon of Jerusalem was selected as James successor after the conquest of Jerusalem which took place immediately after the martyrdom of James (i.e. no earlier than 70 AD) which puts the account in conflict with that of Josephus who puts James death in 63 CE:
His Feast Day was 24 Nov.