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'''Elias II''' was the [[Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem|Patriarch of Jerusalem]] in 770–797.<ref>Gil 1997, p. 457.</ref><ref>[http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sbf/escurs/wwc/e.html Elias II, patriarch of Jerusalem (787-797)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052410/http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sbf/escurs/wwc/e.html |date=2016-03-04 }}.</ref><ref>[http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sbf/escurs/wwc/g.html George of Jerusalem] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221154745/http://www.christusrex.org/www1/ofm/sbf/escurs/wwc/g.html |date=2013-12-21 }}.</ref> He was patriarch during the reign of Caliph [[Harun al-Rashid]] and during the [[Civil war in Palestine (793–96)|Arab tribal wars]] in [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] between the late 780s and 796. His patriarchate saw the plundering of the St. Chariton Monastery and the assault on the [[Mar Saba]] Monastery,<ref>Gil 1997, p. 284.</ref> in which some twenty monks were killed by tribal marauders. Prior to these attacks, Elias II penned and sent a letter to the [[Patriarch of Constantinople]], known as the "reply of the Patriarchates in the East", in which he lamented the plight the Christians faced in his jurisdiction.<ref>Gil 1997, p. 458.</ref>

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* {{A History of Palestine, 634–1099}}
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