Event Factoid: Severus
commanded Nicias to remain faithful to the sacred canons by
stripping the deacons and
priests on Minidus who had been ordained by Nestorians of
their honor, titles, and ability to administer the sacraments.
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: 1.06, p: 38-39.