Pope Innocent I
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formerly 28 June
removed from calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969
- Profile
- Friend of Saint John Chrysostom.
40th pope.
Brought several churches back from the Novatian heresy to orthodoxy.
Helped Emperor Honorius oppose the Montanists.
Settled the Arian schism at Antioch.
Condemned the teachings of Pelagius, and opposed Pelagianism.
Opposed Priscillianism.
Reigned during the sack of Rome by Alaric the Goth in 410.
Maintained the supremacy of the bishop of Rome.
- Born
- at Albano, Italy
- Papal Ascension
- 402
- Died
- 12 March 417 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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