Sicca, Apiarius of
Sicca, Apiarius of
Priest of the Roman Province of Africa , whose appeal to Rome from his bishop ‘s sentence of excommunication for misconduct (c.418 ) led to a dispute between the African Church and the popes about the regulation of local discipline. This case has been made much of by opponents of papal supremacy; it was merely an expression of the desire of African bishops to retain privileges they had been allowed to assume during periods of persecution.