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'''Judah Kyriakos''', also known popularly as '''Judas of Jerusalem''', was the great-grandson of [[Jude, brother of Jesus]], and the last Jewish [[GreekEarly Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem#Jewish Bishopsbishops of Jerusalem|Bishop of Jerusalem]], according to [[Epiphanius of Salamis]]<ref>The [[Panarion]] of Epiphanius of Salamis: Book I (Sects 1-46). By Epiphanius, Epiphanius of Salamis, translated by Frank Williams, 1987. {{ISBN|90-04-07926-2}} p xi</ref> and [[Eusebius of Caesarea]].<ref name=Eusebius>[[Eusebius]], [https://books.google.co.ukcom/books?id=FCiLqebCnUkC&printsec=frontcover&dqq=intitle:History+intitle:of+intitle:the+intitle:church+inauthor:eusebius&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAmoVChMIusHm0datxwIVrinbCh0j5wAu#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The History of the Church''] (Tr. A. G. Williamson, Penguin Books, 1965. {{ISBN|0-14-044535-8}}), see summary in Appendix A.</ref> He is sometimes regarded as the great grand-nephewgrandnephew of [[Jesus]].

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]] (132-136132–136), up to about the eleventh year of [[Antoninus Pius]] (c. AD 148) though [[Marcus of Jerusalem|Marcus]] was appointed bishop of [[Aelia Capitolina]] in 135 by the [[Metropolitan bishop|Metropolitan]] of [[Caesarea in Palaestina (diocese)|Caesarea]].