Pope Hormisdas

"Saint Hormisdas" redirects here. For the 7th-century Syrian monk, see Rabban Hormizd. For the 5th-century Persian martyr, see Hormizd the Martyr.
Pope Saint

Hormisdas
Bishop of Rome
ChurchCatholic Church
Papacy began20 July 514
Papacy ended6 August 523
PredecessorSymmachus
SuccessorJohn I
Orders
Created cardinalbefore 514
by Symmachus
RankCardinal-Deacon
Personal details
Bornc. 450
Frusino, Western Roman Empire
Died6 August 523 (aged 72 – 73)
Rome, Kingdom of the Ostrogoths
Children1 Pope Silverius
Sainthood
Feast day6 August[1]
List of popes buried in St. Peter's, with Hormisdas listed in the first column.

Pope Hormisdas (/hɔːrˈmɪzdəs/;[2] c. 450[2] – 6 August 523) was the bishop of Rome from 20 July 514 to his death.[3] His papacy was dominated by the Acacian schism, started in 484 by Acacius of Constantinople's efforts to placate the Monophysites. His efforts to resolve this schism were successful, and on 28 March 519, the reunion between Constantinople and Rome was ratified in the cathedral of Constantinople before a large crowd.[3]

  1. ^ "Saint Hormisdas". Patron Saints Index. Archived from the original on 2010-05-30.
  2. ^ a b "Hormisdas, St." in William Darrach Halsey, Collier's Encyclopedia Volume 12, Macmillan Educational Company, 1984, p. 244.
  3. ^ a b Kirsch, Johann Peter (1913). "Pope St. Hormisdas" . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.