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https://spear-prosop.org/3028-62
Event Factoid: Severus defended his ordination practices by pointing out that many other godly bishops approved, including Julian, who allowed Severus to ordain the deacon Irenaeus, and Dionysius, who allowed Severus to ordain the deacon Anatolius.

Sources:

  • Ernest Walter Brooks,The Sixth Book of the Select Letters of Severus, Patriarch of Antioch, in the Syriac Version of Athanasius of Nisibis. Translation, Part I: Letters I.1-II.3, vol. 2.1 (London: Williams and Norgate, 1903), part: 1.05, p: 35.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Samuel Young, https://spear-prosop.org/3028-62, in The Letters of Severus of Antioch: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.