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https://spear-prosop.org/3114-19
Date: Sometime between 0519 and 0538Event Factoid: Sometime between 519 and 538 Severus of Antioch wrote a letter to Proclus discussing the difficulties of being a bishop with a wife and child. He encouraged Proclus that his situation was not unique and urged him to call his wayward daughter to repentance.

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), p: 167-171.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to cite:

Daniel L. Schwartz, https://spear-prosop.org/3114-19, in The Letters of Severus of Antioch: A SPEAR Prosopography, edited by Daniel L. Schwartz, general editor Daniel L. Schwartz, 2025-07-01.

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