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Dioscorus
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
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Anti-pope, born Alexandria, Egypt; died 530. Originally a deacon of Alexandria, he became a member of the Roman clergy, and the leader of the Byzantine party in Rome, opposing the Gothic party which Pope Felix IV favored. The latter with a view to averting a contest for the papacy, had taken the unprecedented step of appointing his successor, upon whose accession as Boniface II the majority of the Roman clergy elected the anti-pope Dioscorus. Fortunately the schism was of short duration, for Dioscorus died the same year, and his supporters submitted to Boniface.
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Entry for 'Dioscorus'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/d/dioscorus.html. 1910.
Entry for 'Dioscorus'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ncd/d/dioscorus.html. 1910.
