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Ravenna and Byzantine World, ca. 6th C.
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d. Arius
336
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d. Galla Placidia
450
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Fourth Oecumenical Council at Chalcedon
451
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Theodoric Born
454
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454-526
r. 493-526
Emperor Zeno
474 - 491
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Emperor Anastasius
491 - 518
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b. Belisarius
500
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ca. 500
r. Justin I
518 - 527
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Justinian, Emperor
527 - 565
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Emperor of Byzantium and the East
Sts. Sergius and Bacchus, construction
527 - 536
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Laid down in 527 when Justinian comes to power, completed before 536 when mentioned as used in Synods of that year.
J's response and attempted reconcilation of Three Chapters begins
532
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Nika Riots; Eternal Peace with Persia
532
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Synods, Constantinople 536
536
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Part of Three Chapters Controversy
Patriarch John the Cappadocian ousted
541
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Narses helps Theodora and Antonina oust the Patriarch
Plague
541 - 542
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ca.
Justinian publishes condemnation of Three Chapters and Origen
543
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Confirmed in 553 at Second Council of Constantinople.
Justinian publishes Edict on True Faith
551
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Part of Three Chapters Controversy; very offensive to Vigilius
Constantinople II, 553
553
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5th Oecumenical Council, Constantinople II, at which Pope Vigilius refuses to appear.
Pope Vigilius publishes Constitutum Vigilii
553
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May 14, 553; refutes all who ascribe to condemnation of Three Chapters and refuses to adhere to it.
Justinian replies by removing Vigilius from the diptychs.
Vigilius recants TCC condemnation in Decretal Epistle
553
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Dec. 8, 553, Vigilius recants condemnation of Three Chapters Condemnation by Justinian, adheres to it, and pledges to stand by Constantinople II.
All future Popes do as well, thereby ecclesiastically endorsing the Council's condemnation of the Three Chapters.
d. Narses
573
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r. Constantine V
741 - 775
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Italy
Events occurring in Italy.
Emp Honorius moves capital to Ravenna
402
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Milan --> Ravenna
Odoacer
476 - 490
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r. 476/477-490
Theodoric victory at Ravenna
489
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Reign of Theodoric
490 - 526
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d. 526
Theodoric Tricenalia
500
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Visits Rome
Ecclesius, Bishop of Ravenna
522 - 532
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Pope John I
523 - 526
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Sent by Theodoric to Constantinople to contest Justin I's anti-Arian decree of 523, with Ecclesius in his retinue. Arrested by Theoderic upon return despite success of mission, and died in prison in 526. -- Liber Pontificalis
d. Boethius
524
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Executed by Theodoric
524 - Herrin.
Pope Felix
526 - 530
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r. Amalasuntha
526 - 534
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Regent for son Athalaric until his death in 534. Theodahad had her exiled and then assassinated.
Ursicinus, Bishop of Ravenna
533 - 536
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Gothic Wars
535 - 554
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d. Mundus
536
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Pope Vigilius
537 - 555
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Milan razed
538
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No bishop again until 552
Narses in Italy
538 - 539
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Divided army in Italy, Narses vs. Belisarius, winter months 538-539
Victor, Bishop of Ravenna
538 - 545
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Belisarius enters Ravenna
540
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Byzantine Army enters Ravenna for the first time in the Gothic Wars. Vitiges captured and sent to Constantinople.
Maximian, Bishop of Ravenna
546 - 557
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San Vitale Consecrated
547
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April 19th, 547. LPR 192
Sant'Apollinare in Classe consecrated by Maximian
549
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Narses back in Italy
551 - 554
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Remains in Italy for years afterward, where he receives the Pragmatic Sanctions. Length of time spent in Italy thereafter unknown.
Battle of Taginae
552
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Narses defeats Totila, breaks power of Ostrogoths in Italy.
Bishop Paulus Consecrated
552
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Consecration between Milan and Aquileia, without Papal consent or Byzantine intervention; continued demonstrated independence of northern Sees from Condemned Three Chapters complicit Sees.
r. Pope Pelagius I
556 - 561
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Backed by Justinian.
Agnellus, Bishop of Ravenna
557 - 570
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Theodoric's Cathedral rededicated to St. Martin
561
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=Sant'Apollinare Nuovo
Justinian gifts to Agnellus all of the Arian church properties, allowing him free reign to rededicate them to Orthodoxy.
LPR - post 557
Herrin - 561 rededication; assumed Justinian makes proclamation before then, as mosaics changed.
LPR pg. 200 ed. Deliyannis; Justinian and Agnellus depicted in mosaic together.
Deliyannis disputes date of 561; says 566-570, p. 144
Narses arrests Bishop of Altino, Vitalis
566
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Unrelated to TCC, but demonstrates Byz willingness to intercede in affairs when needed.
Peter III, Bishop of Ravenna
570 - 578
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local appointee
John II, Bishop of Ravenna
578 - 595
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appointed by pope, unlike previous
Marinian, Bishop of Ravenna
595 - 606
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appointed by pope
End of Byzantine Exarchate of Ravenna
751
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Agnellus gives public historical readings
830 - 846
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