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His Beatitude '''Damianus of Jerusalem''' was the Patriarch of Jerusalem of the [[Church of Jerusalem]] from 1897 to 1931. Patr. Damianus became [[patriarch]] during the time that the imperial Russian government was backing the Arab Orthodox [[clergy]] of the patriarchate and pressuring the Ottoman government to restrain the Phanar's influence it.
Patr. Damianus, a Greek, was born and educated on the island of Samos. He was the titular [[metropolitan]] of Philadelphia (Rabbath Ammon) before he was called to be the patriarch.