Vitalian, once back in northern Thrace, had …
Years: 519 - 519
Vitalian, once back in northern Thrace, had gone into hiding, while many of his erstwhile aides were captured and executed.
Nothing is known of him for the next three years, although a short remark by a chronicler seems to indicate that he resurfaced and led another armed rebellion during the last months of Anastasius's life.
Justin I, the new emperor, had quickly moved to strengthen his rule, dismissing a number of potential rivals or enemies.
At the same time, he had called upon Vitalian to come to Constantinople.
Upon his arrival, Vitalian is made magister militum in praesenti, named honorary consul, and soon after raised to the rank of patricius.
As a well-known champion of Chalcedonian orthodoxy, Vitalian is to play a role in the new regime's reaffirmation of the Chalcedonian doctrines and reconciliation with Rome.
He plays an active role in the negotiations with the Pope, and in 519, he is one of the prominent men who escorts a papal delegation into the capital.
On March 28, the Eastern and Western churches reconcile their differences, ending the Acacian Schism.
Locations
People
Groups
- East, or Oriens, Praetorian prefecture of
- Christians, Maronite
- Christians, Monophysite
- Christians, Miaphysite (Oriental Orthodox)
- Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria
- Christianity, Chalcedonian
- Roman Empire, Eastern: Leonid dynasty
