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Pope Gelasius I

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Pope Gelasius I

Pope Gelasius I was the bishop of Rome from 1 March 492 to his death on 21 November 496. Gelasius was a prolific author whose style placed him on the cusp between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages. Some scholars have argued that his predecessor Felix III may have employed him to draft papal documents, although this is not certain. During his pontificate he called for strict Catholic orthodoxy, more assertively demanded obedience to papal authority, and, consequently, increased the tension between the Western and Eastern Churches. Surprisingly, he also had cordial relations with the Ostrogoths, who were Arians (i.e., Non-trinitarian Christians), and therefore perceived as heretics from the perspective of Nicene Christians.

Infobox

Church
Catholic Church
Papacy began
1 March 492
Papacy ended
19 November 496
Predecessor
Felix III
Successor
Anastasius II
Born
Africa or Rome, Italy, Western Roman Empire
Died
21 November 496Rome, Ostrogothic Kingdom
Feast day
21 November

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Preceded byFelix III
Preceded byFelix III
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byFelix III
Catholic Church titles
Pope 1 March 492 – 19 November 496
Catholic Church titles
Succeeded byAnastasius II
Catholic Church titles
Preceded byFelix III
Pope 1 March 492 – 19 November 496
Succeeded byAnastasius II

References

  1. The Western Journal of Black Studies
  2. Catholic Encyclopedia
    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Pope_St._Gelasius_I
  3. Vatican
    https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en/holy-father/gelasio-i.html
  4. The title of his biography by Walter Ullmann expresses this:Gelasius I. (492–496): Das Papsttum an der Wende der Spätant
  5. Gelasius I. (492-496) : das Papsttum an der Wende der Spätantike zum Mittelalter
    http://worldcat.org/oclc/781406544
  6. Journal of Early Christian Studies
    https://muse.jhu.edu/article/734252
  7. Heirs of Roman persecution: studies on a Christian and para-Christian discourse in late antiquity
    http://worldcat.org/oclc/1114273480
  8. Early Medieval Europe
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/emed.12519
  9. J. Chapin, "Gelasius I, Pope, St.", pp. 121-3, in New Catholic Encyclopedia, Second Edition, Volume 6, Gale, 2002.
  10. J.Conant, Staying Roman: Conquest and Identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439–700, CUP, 2012, p. 83.
  11. CatholicSaints.Info
    https://catholicsaints.info/book-of-saints-pope-gelasius/
  12. Encyclopædia Britannica
    https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Gelasius
  13. sourcebooks.fordham.edu
    https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/source/gelasius1.asp
  14. Pope Gregory XVI, Commissum divinitus, paragraph 8, Papal Encyclicals Online, accessed on 8 March 2025
    https://www.papalencyclicals.net/greg16/g16commi.htm
  15. The letters of Gelasius I (492-496): pastor and micro-manager of the Church of Rome
    https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/893407493
  16. www.tertullian.org
    https://www.tertullian.org/articles/burkitt_gelasianum.htm
  17. Translation is based on Louise Ropes Loomis, The Book of the Popes (Liber pontificalis) I, New York, New York, USA, Colu
  18. Translation is based on Louise Ropes Loomis, The Book of the Popes (Liber pontificalis) I, New York, New York, USA, Colu
  19. Quo Graviora, Leo XII, 1826
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