Florentius of Sardis was a 5th century bishop of Sardis and theologian.
He was also an attendee to the Council of Chalcedon[1] fl 451.[2] where he noted himself by giving impromptu translations of Latin text for his Greek speaking colleagues.[3] and at one heated point in the Council, he called for an adjournment.[4] He was also one of 22 delegates who formed a subcommittee of the Council, to examine and formulate the statement for the ecumenical council.[5] In the list of bishops at the council, he appeared in the eleventh position out of 305 bishops, between Peter of Corinth and Eunomius of Nicomedia.[6]
He was the recipient of a letter from Theodoret,[7] who urged Florentius to oppose heresy and support those who are being persecuted.
References edit
- ^ Richard Price & Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p6
- ^ Ulrich Huttner, Early Christianity in the Lycus Valley (BRILL, 29 Nov. 2013) p325.
- ^ Fergus Millar, A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II (408–450) (University of California Press, 2006) p21.
- ^ Evagrius (Scholasticus), Michael Whitby, The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus (Liverpool University Press, 2000) p112.
- ^ J. H. N., I.e. J. H. Newman, and W. Kay., The Ecclesiastical History, from A.D. 429 to A.D. 456, (1844). p372.
- ^ Festugière, André Jean; Festugière, André-Jean, eds. (1982). Éphèse et Chalcédoine: actes des conciles. Textes, dossiers, documents. Paris: Beauchesne. ISBN 978-2-7010-1043-4.
- ^ Theodoret, The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret.