Event Factoid: Contrary to the opinion of Peter, Severus had not
ordained Leontius out of need, but in order to honour the man.
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.