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Vigilius

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[vi-jil-ee-uhs] / vɪˈdʒɪl i əs /

noun

  1. died a.d. 555, pope 537–555.


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‘Two for the price of one’: Catherine II Before the Mirror by Vigilius Erichsen, 1762-64.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2012

‘Two for the price of one’: Catherine II Before the Mirror by Vigilius Erichsen, 1762-64.

From The Guardian • Jun. 2, 2012

The Latin Church, with Vigilius the pope at its head, declined to accept the Imperial decree, which was in contradiction to the Council of Chalcedon of 451.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by Jackson, F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton)

For this rôle she found the man in the Roman deacon Vigilius, for some years apostolic legate at Constantinople.

From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred

On the reading the acts of the Fifth Council, at the third sitting, the 13th November, the writing of Mennas to Vigilius and two alleged letters of the latter were admitted to be spurious.

From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Allies, Thomas W.

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