St. Caesarius, sometimes called of Châlons (Cabillonensis seu Cabellinensis) from his birthplace Châlons-sur-Saône; but more usually known as Caesarius of Arles (Arelatensis) from his see, which he occupied for forty years. He was certainly the foremost ecclesiastic in the Gaul of his own age. The date of his birth lies between A.D. 468 and 470; the date of his death is Aug. 27, 542. Caesarius of Arles - Authorities. The biography, written by his admiring disciple, St. Cyprian, bp. of Toulo ...

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Catholic Encyclopedia. Reigned 537-555, date of birth unknown; died at Syracuse, 7 June 555. He belonged to a distinguished Roman family; his father Johannes is called consul in the Liber pontificalis (ed. Duchesne, I, 298), having received that title from the emperor. Reparatus, a brother of Vigilius, was a senator (Procopius, De bello gothico, I, 26). Vigilius entered the service of the Roman Church and was a deacon in 531, in which year the Roman cler ...

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October 17 is the 290th (in leap years the 291st) day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 75 days remaining. October 17 - Events. 538 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost 70 years of exile and making the first Human Rights Declaration 1244 - Battle of La Forbie: Crusaders are defeated by Khwarezmians & Egyptians 1346 - Battle of Neville's Cross: King David II of S ...

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533 - Events. January 2 - John II becomes Pope, succeeding Pope Boniface II, who had died in 532. Belisarius, a general in the service of Justinian I, lands in North Africa and attacks the Vandals. September 13 - Battle of Ad Decimium: Belisarius defeats the Vandals under Gelimer. Gelimer, forced to flee, leaves Carthage unprotected. December 15 - The Battle of Ticameron begins. December - Battle of Ticameron: Belisarius defeats a new Vandal force under Geli ...

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Events September 22 - Pope Boniface II is elected to succeed Pope Felix IV December 15 - Justinian selects a second commission to excerpt and codify the writings of the jurists on Roman Law. This becomes the Digest. Tribonian becomes quaestor. Belisarius defeats the Sassanids at Dara. Hilderic, king of Vandals and Alans, deposed by his cousin Gelimer Northern Wei Chang Guang Wang succeeds Northern Wei Xiao Zhuang Di as ruler of the Chinese Northe ...

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Events First year in which Anno Domini calendar is actually used for numbering (in Dionysius Exiguus's treatise) January 11 - Nika riots in Constantinople; the cathedral is destroyed. January 18 - Nika riots in Constantinople are put down by Belisarius and Mundus; maybe as many as 30 000 people are killed in the Hippodrome. Byzantine emperor Justinian I orders the building of a new cathedral - begin of the construction of the Hagia Sophia. Justinian I signs a peace treaty with the Sassa ...

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The Montanist movement, that originated in Asia Minor, made its way to Rome and Gaul in the second half of the Second century, more precisely about the reign of Eleutherius; its peculiar nature made it difficult for Christians to take a decisive stand against it. During the violent persecution at Lyons, in 177, local confessors wrote from their prison concerning the new movement to the Asiatic and Phrygian communities, and also to Pope Eleutherius. The bearer of their letter to the pope was the presbyter Irenæus, soon afterwards the Bishop ...

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