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  Pope Symmachus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Symmachus was elected Pope on November 22, 498.
At a synod held at Rome on March 1, 499, Symmachus bestowed on Laurentius the diocese of Nocera in Campania.
The pope contributed large sums for the support of the Catholic bishops of Africa who were persecuted by the rulers of the Arian Vandals.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Saint Symmachus
Theodoric pronouncing in favour of Symmachus on the ground that he was elected first and by the majority of the clergy, Laurentius submitted to the decision.
Symmachus desired to go from St. Peter's to the synod in order to defend himself, but on the way there he was attacked by his opponents and maltreated, and, escaping only with great difficulty, returned to St. Peter's; several priests who were with him were killed or severely wounded.
Symmachus is venerated in the Roman Church as a saint.
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 ST. SYMMACHUS
The clergy gathered at the Lateran on November 22, 498, and elected Symmachus.
Symmachus, a Sardinian who had been baptized at Rome and had been a deacon there, took steps to prevent a recurrence of the trouble.
The patient Pope was gradually winning back the adherents of Lawrence when Theodoric changed his mind, and by withdrawing his support from the schismatics, put an end to the matter.
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 Symmachus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Symmachus can refer to several different people of Roman antiquity.
Symmachus the Ebionite (late 2nd century CE), was the author of one of the Greek versions of the Old Testament.
Quintus Aurelius Symmachus, c.340–c.402, was a Roman politician.
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 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Guide to documents and events (76-2005)
This pope who reigned from March 3, 468 to March 10, 483, is reported to have arranged for priests from certain of the Roman titular churches to assist with the services at the major basilicas of St. Peter, St. Paul, and S. Lorenzo.
In the disputed election of November 22, 498, between Pope Symmachus and Antipope Lawrence, both factions for the chair of St. Peter asked Theodoric, Ostrogothic king of Italy, Arian though he was, to settle the matter.
Finally, if the pope dies suddenly, without having had any time to deal with the subject of his successor, will be elected the one who has received the votes of all the clergy, or, in case of a tie, of the majority of the voters.
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 Pope Symmachus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Symmachus, Roman Catholic Pope from 498 to 514, had Anastasius II for his predecessor and was himself followed by Hormisdas.
A decision was not long afterwards obtained in favor of Symmachus from Theodoric, to whom the dispute had been referred; but peace was not established until 505 or 506, when the Gothic king ordered the Laurentian party to surrender the churches of which they had taken possession.
An important incident in the protracted controversy was the decision of the "palmary synod." The remainder of the pontificate of Symmachus was uneventful; history speaks of various churches in Rome as having been built or beautified by him.
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For the early popes the main written source is the "Liber Pontificalis." This account of the lives of the popes was begun probably early in the sixth century while the Ostrogoths ruled Italy.
Pope Sylvester sent two legates to represent him Vitus and Vincentius, and it seems that it was the Pope who suggested the term consubstantial to describe the relation of Christ's nature to the Father.
The pallium is a vestment of white wool which a pope wears as a symbol of the fullness of his apostolic power and an archbishop wears as a symbol of his participation in that power.
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 Rejection of Pascal's Wager: Popes Throughout History
Pope Symmachus (in office 498-514), like Damasus, is recognized by the church as a Saint, partly due to his strong defense of orthodoxy.
The next two popes were merely stop-gap instruments of Marozia- to warm the papal throne until her son could ascend to it.
Pope Alexander III (in office 1159-1181) had the dubious distinction of being one of the first popes to order the use of force against heresies.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Hormisdas
Under Pope Symmachus (498-514) Hormisdas held the office of deacon of the Roman Church and during the schism of Laurentius he was one of the most prominent clerical attendants of Symmachus.
The pope's embassy to the imperial court consisted of two bishops, Ennodius of Pavia and Fortunatus of Catina, the priest Venantius, the deacon Vitalis, and the notary Hilarius.
The patriach and the pope's legates opposed the demand that this formula should be embodied as a dogma of the Church.
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 ST. AGAPETUS I
The son of a priest who had been killed in the stormy days of Pope Symmachus, he was archdeacon of the Roman clergy when elected.
The Pope was more successful in his effort to check Monophysite designs on the Church of Constantinople.
The old Pope was ailing and before he could return to Rome, he died at Constantinople on April 22, 536.
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The title of universal bishop occurs as early as the eighth century; and in 1413 the faculty of Paris rejected the proposition of John Hus that the pope was not universal bishop (Natalis Alexander, 'Hist.
These ordinances were not, however, in any sense the source of the pope's jurisdiction, which rested on Divine institution; they were civil sanctions enabling the pope to avail himself of the civil machinery of the empire in discharging the duties of his office.
The disturbances which occurred at the disputed election of Symmachus (498) led that pope to hold a council and to decree the severest penalties on all who should be guilty of canvassing or bribery in order to attain the pontificate.
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 Symmachian Forgeries
The Symmachian Forgeries were devised by the supporters of Symmachus, bishop of Rome, in his contention with Laurentius over the bishopric of Rome in the early sixth century.
This choice was fatal to the restoration of peace in the East on the terms of the "Henoticon." Pope and emperor hurled at one another charges of heresy and messages of defiance.
A complex of forged texts was produced in the early sixth century as a result of the schism between Pope Symmachus and Laurentius in Rome.
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 History of the Mass (7histort.htm)
With the death of Pope Agapitus II in December 955 the way had been paved for the elevation of the deceased prince of Rome Alberic II's illegitimate son Octavian to be declared the one hundredth and thirtieth pope.
The former Octavian was one of the youngest popes in the history of Rome becoming supreme pontiff at the age of 18.
The pope and emperor, in an effort to restore decency, morality, and a sense of trust in the clergy re-emphasized the need for celebacy in the clerical ranks and to continue reform of the monasteries throughout Europe.
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 Color Code   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Pope Deusdedit succeeds Boniface IV The Hegira Migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina
Pope Formasus succeeds Stephen VI Arnulf of Germany defeats Vikings at the Battle of the Dyle.
Pope Gregory VII (Hildebrand of Soana) succeeds Alexander II, greatest of the reform popes.
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 Saints of August 6   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Two days after the death of Pope Saint Symmachus in 514 the prediction was fulfilled (July 21).
The church of Constantinople was reunited with Rome in 519 by means of the confession of faith that bears this pope's name, the Formula of Hormisdas.
Octavianus was the brother of Pope Callistus II.
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 Pope Hormisdas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Hormisdas, Roman Catholic Pope from 514 to 523 in succession to Pope Symmachus, was a native of Campania.
He is known as having succeeded in obtaining the reunion of the Eastern and Western churches, which had been separated since the excommunication of Acacius in 484.
Hormisdas was succeeded by Pope John I; his son from an earlier marriage, Silverius, became Pope in 536-37.
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 Saints of July 19
383, Pope Saint Damasus recommended the erudite Arsenius to Emperor Theodosius the Great, who summoned the Roman deacon of senatorial rank to Constantinople and appointed him tutor of his sons, Arcadius and Honorius.
In 501, the pro-Byzantine group, led by Senator Festus, accused Symmachus of various crimes, but the pope refused to appear before the king to answer the charges, asserting that the secular ruler had no jurisdiction over him.
Born at Dimples Hall near Garstang, Lancashire, England; died at Boughton near Chester, England, July 19, 1679; beatified in 1929; canonized in 1970 by Pope Paul VI as one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
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 Digital Bitterness - Pope on a Rope - Rants - Rants & Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
With the Pope’s death permeating from every form of media the last couple days, I have once again been forced once again to come to terms with my love/hate relationship with Catholicism.
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Pope Urban VI Died of injuries from falling off a mule
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 Medieval Sourcebook: Gregory VII: Dictatus Papae 1090   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Dictatus agrees so clearly and closely with this collection that some have argued the Dictatus must have been based on it; and so must be of a later date of compilation than 1087.
That of the pope alone all princes shall kiss the feet.
As is contained in the decrees of St. Symmachus the pope.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/g7-dictpap.html   (605 words)

  
 St. Agapitus - Catholic Online
Pope from 535-536 and apologist, the son of a priest named Gordianus slain during the reign of Pope Symmachus.
He was elected pope on May 13, 535, and was already of an advanced age as he started healing the rifts in the Church by regulating affairs.
While in Constantinople the pope was able to put down a religious revolt spearheaded by a bishop named Anthemius and Empress Theodora.
www.catholic.org /saints/saint.php?saint_id=1188   (427 words)

  
 A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the ...
A church dedicated to him is mentioned in the first council held at Rome under pope Symmachus, a.d.
For this he was brought before Constantius and Liberius, when he boldly reproved the pope for falling away from Catholic truth.
The whole matter is a source of trouble to Roman Catholic writers, because the saintly character of St. Eusebius, guaranteed by the Roman martyrology as revised by pope Gregory XIII., seems necessarily to involve the condemnation of Liberius.
www.ccel.org /ccel/wace/biodict.v.v.xliii.html   (380 words)

  
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483 Pope Felix III is elected 484 Pope Felix III excommincates Acacius because of Henoticon and Schism results.
485 Symmachus, future father in Law of Boethius, is named consul.
492 Pope Galius is elected 496 Pope Anastasius II is elected; tries to heal the Acaian schism 497 Theodoric is granted the right to name consuls 498 Pope Symmachus is elected c.
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 The London Line : Detritus
How might a horse's urine be used in the election of the Pope?
Which ninth-century Pope was discovered to be a woman?
What is the most likely origin of the t-shirt slogan "I like the Pope, the Pope smokes dope"?
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 St. Crescentiana - Catholic Online
Martyr honored by a church in Rome, dating to the reign of Pope Symmachus.
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There's nothing wrong with looking at them that way, but each of these first readings does have a...
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