Hormisdas

6th-century Italian pope and bishop of Rome, Catholic and Orthodox saint, ended the Acacian Schism and reunited the Eastern and Western churches

b. 450 · d. 6 Aug 523

52nd Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 22 Jul 514–6 Aug 523

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Pope Hormisdas was the bishop of Rome from 20 July 514 to his death on 6 August 523. His papacy was dominated by the Acacian schism, started in 484 by Acacius of Constantinople's efforts to placate the non-Chalcedonians. His efforts to resolve this schism were successful, and on 28 March 519, the reunion between Constantinople and Rome was ratified in the cathedral of Constantinople before a large crowd.

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Recorded as a historical figure.

  • Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — Acacian Schism
  • Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Hormisdas

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