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
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 52 · 22 Jul 514 – 6 Aug 523
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.
Related people
- wife of Hormisdas spouse of · traditional
- Symmachus succeeded · traditional
- Silverius parent of · traditional
- John I preceded · traditional
Events
- Acacian Schism 484
Commemorated
Places
- Frosinone birth
- St. Peter's Basilica burial
- Rome ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — Acacian Schism
- Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Hormisdas