Eleazar

Eleazar
Eleazar receiving trophies
DiedJudea
Venerated inCatholic Church
Eastern Orthodox Church
Armenian Apostolic Church
Feast2 September (Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church)
30 July (Armenian Apostolic Church)

Eleazar (/ɛliˈeɪzər/; Hebrew: אֶלְעָזָר, Modern: ʾElʿazar, Tiberian: ʾElʿāzār, "El has helped") or Elazar was a priest in the Hebrew Bible, the second High Priest, succeeding his father Aaron after he died. He was a nephew of Moses.

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