Saint Severus of Antioch

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Saint Severus of Antioch was a prominent 6th-century patriarch and theologian known as a leading Miaphysite figure and one of the most important saints of the Oriental Orthodox tradition.

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instanceOf Christian bishop ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
Miaphysite theologian ⓘ
Oriental Orthodox saint ⓘ
patriarch of Antioch ⓘ
appointedBy Emperor Anastasius I ⓘ
linked to: Anastasius I
associatedWithCity Alexandria ⓘ
Antioch ⓘ
birthDate c. 465 ⓘ
birthPlace Sozopolis in Pisidia ⓘ
christologicalPosition Miaphysitism ⓘ
church Oriental Orthodox Church ⓘ
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy
condemnedAs heretic by Chalcedonian Church authorities ⓘ
condemnedAt Council of Constantinople of 536 ⓘ
deathDate 8 February 538 ⓘ
deathPlace Xois, Egypt ⓘ
education studied law in Berytus ⓘ
studied rhetoric in Alexandria ⓘ
exiledBy Emperor Justin I ⓘ
exileLocation Egypt ⓘ
feastDay 10 February ⓘ
14 February ⓘ
8 February ⓘ
fullName Severus of Antioch ⓘ
honorificPrefix Saint ⓘ
influenceOn Coptic Miaphysite theology ⓘ
Syriac Miaphysite theology ⓘ
knownFor extensive correspondence with Eastern bishops ⓘ
polemical writings against Chalcedonian theology ⓘ
systematization of Miaphysite theology ⓘ
language Greek ⓘ
legacy considered one of the greatest fathers of the Oriental Orthodox Churches ⓘ
majorWork Contra Grammaticum ⓘ
Homilies ⓘ
Letters ⓘ
monasticLife joined a monastery in Palestine ⓘ
opposedDoctrine Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
patriarchateEnd 518 ⓘ
patriarchateStart 512 ⓘ
predecessor Flavian II of Antioch ⓘ
reasonForExile refusal to accept the Council of Chalcedon ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
reveredAs pillar of faith in Oriental Orthodox tradition ⓘ
successor Paul the Jew ⓘ
theologicalSchool Antiochene Miaphysite tradition ⓘ
title Patriarch of Antioch ⓘ
veneratedIn Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
Coptic Orthodox Church ⓘ
Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church ⓘ
Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church ⓘ
Syriac Orthodox Church ⓘ

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Syriac Orthodox Church → venerates → Saint Severus of Antioch ⓘ
Saint Severus of Antioch → fullName → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Contra Severum → opposes → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Sozopolis in Pisidia → birthplaceOf → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Sozopolis in Pisidia → notablePerson → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Flavian II of Antioch → successor → Patriarch Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Flavian II of Antioch → officeContestedBy → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Paul the Jew → successor → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Paul the Jew → predecessorOf → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Paul the Jew → succeededBy → Saint Severus of Antioch ⓘ
Council of Constantinople of 536 → condemned → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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Contra Grammaticum → author → Severus of Antioch ⓘ
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