Pope Zosimus

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Pope Zosimus was a 5th-century Bishop of Rome whose short pontificate was marked by involvement in the Pelagian controversy and disputes over ecclesiastical authority in Gaul and Africa.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 5th-century pope
Bishop of Rome
Christian cleric
Pope
assertedAuthorityOver Churches in Africa
Churches in Gaul
assertedPapalPrimacy true
birthPlace Calabria
Italy
Mesoraca
burialPlace Basilica of Saint Laurence Outside the Walls
centuryOfActivity 5th century
confirmedBy African councils against Pelagianism
countryOfCitizenship Western Roman Empire
deathDate 0418-12-26
deathPlace Rome
Western Roman Empire
feastDay December 26
hasTitle Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Successor of Saint Peter
Vicar of Christ
honorificPrefix Pope
Saint
interactedWith Augustine of Hippo
Caelestius
Pelagius
involvedIn Pelagian controversy
disputes over ecclesiastical authority in Africa
disputes over ecclesiastical authority in Gaul
issuedDocument Epistola Tractoria
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
memberOf Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholic Church
opposed Pelagianism
papacyEndDate 0418-12-26
papacyStartDate 0417-03-18
partOf List of popes
positionHeld Pope
surface form: Bishop of Rome

Supreme Pontiff
predecessor Pope Innocent I
religion Christianity
seeAlso Pope Zosimus self-linksurface differs
surface form: Papacy of Pope Zosimus
shortDescription 5th-century Bishop of Rome involved in the Pelagian controversy and disputes over ecclesiastical authority in Gaul and Africa
successor Pope Boniface I
workedOn condemnation of Caelestius
condemnation of Pelagius

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Pope Zosimus seeAlso Pope Zosimus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Papacy of Pope Zosimus