Anastasius II, Pope

Anastasius II, Pope

Reigned from 24 November 496 to 19 November 498. He caused the name of Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople, to be removed from the tablets of the Church, although recognizing the validity of his sacramental acts. Condemned Traducianism. Worked for the conversion of King Clovis of the Franks , and of all his people. Treated schismastics so gently that he was accused of heresy. Dante portrayed him in Hell in The Divine Comedy.

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Anastasius II, Pope

A native of Rome, elected 24 Nov., 496; d. 16 Nov., 498. His congratulatory letter to Clovis , on the occasion of the latter’s conversion is now deemed a forgery of the seventeenth century (J. Kavet, Bibl. de l ec. des Chartres, 1885, XLVI, 258-59). He insisted in the removal from the diptychs of the name of Acacius, Patriarch of Constantinople, but recognized the validity of his sacramental acts, an attitude that displeased the Romans. He also condemned Traducianisin.

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P.L., CXXVIII, 439-450; Lib. Pont. (ed. DUCHESNE), I, 258; HEMMER in Dict. de Theol. Cath., I, 1163-64; THIEL, Epist.Rom. Pont. (1868), II, 82-85, 614-15.

Transcribed by W.S. French, Jr.

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