Justin, unlike his predecessor, is a champion …
Years: 518 - 518
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Justin, unlike his predecessor, is a champion of Christian orthodoxy.
Instrumental in ending the Acacian schism with Rome in 518-519, he persecutes the dissident Monophysites.
Justin’s nephew Petrus Sabbatius becomes his administrator and a power behind the throne.
Severus, patriarch of Antioch, is deposed by a synod on September 29, 518, for his monophysitism.
Paul the Jew, a Chalcedonian, is appointed to replace him.
Locations
People
Groups
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Christians, Monophysite
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Leonid dynasty
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Justinian dynasty
