Saint Cyril was born in 315 in present-day Israel. Ordained as a priest by Saint Maximus, he later succeeded Maximus as Bishop of Jerusalem and endured a long- running feud with the Bishop of Caesarea because Cyril opposed Acacia’s Arian beliefs and claimed autonomy for his See in Jerusalem. Cyril was exiled when Acacia accused him of selling Church property to feed the poor but was later restored while Acacia himself was condemned.