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Hormisdas

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[hawr-miz-duhs] / hɔrˈmɪz dəs /

noun

  1. Saint, died a.d. 523, pope 514–523.


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Very slowly, arm in arm, with heads erect and graciously acknowledging the bows of the neighbors, Hormisdas Frechette and his wife walked down the narrow crooked road leading to the church.

From A Lover in Homespun And Other Stories by F. Clifford (Frank Clifford) Smith

Pope Sylverius, who was the son of Pope Hormisdas, was deposed by Theodora, the emperor's wife.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

For we learn from the instruction of Pope Hormisdas to his legates that it was the custom for every bishop to be presented to the emperor by the bishop of Constantinople.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

The schism raised by the Greek emperor was at an end; and seven days after his decease the deacon Hormisdas was elected with the full consent of all.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by T. W. (Thomas William) Allies

The position was simply that claimed by the patriarch John when he signed the formula of Catholic faith drawn up and proposed by Pope Hormisdas.

From The Church and the Barbarians Being an Outline of the History of the Church from A.D. 461 to A.D. 1003 by William Holden Hutton

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