Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Heresies & schisms

Agelio

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AGELIO. - Successor, perhaps immediate, of Achesius in the episcopal see of the Novatianist schismatic community of Constantinople, which he held for some forty years (345-85). His fidelity to the Nicene faith brought him persecution and exile. For this reason and for the austerity of his morals he enjoyed great esteem among his contemporaries. Through Sisinnius, his reader, whom he designated as his successor, he took part in the discussions convened by Theodosius I to settle the divisions of the Eastern Church, succeeding in having the Novatianists recognized as orthodox and in obtaining for them the right to assemble within the walls of the city.

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BIBL.: Socrates, Hist. eccl., II, 38; IV, 9; V, 10, 21; Sozomen, Hist. eccl., VI, 9; Cassiodorus, Hist. tripartita, VII, 20; IX, 36.

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By Gaetano Corti

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 443.

More by Gaetano Corti: Achillas · Achesio · Alexander, Saint, Patriarch of Alexandria · Alexander, Metropolitan of Gerapoli · Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople

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Corti, Gaetano. “Agelio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 443. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/agelio.

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Corti, Gaetano. “Agelio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 443. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/agelio.

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  author    = {Corti, Gaetano},
  title     = {Agelio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {443},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/agelio}
}

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