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Auxentius of Milan
The Catholic Encyclopedia
or Native of Cappadocia, ordained (343) to the priesthood by Gregory, the intruded Bishop of Alexandria. After the banishment of Dionysius of Milan in 355, Auxentius was made bishop of that see through Arian intrigue, though ignorant of the Latin tongue. Some of the principal Western bishops attempted, but in vain, to bring him to accept the Nicene Creed. He was publicly accused at Milan, in 364, by St. Hilary of Poitiers, and convicted of error in a disputation held in that city by order of the Emperor Valentinian. His submission was only apparent, however, and he remained powerful enough to compel the departure of St. Hilary from Milan. In 359 he forced many bishops of Illyricum to sign the creed of Rimini. Though St. Athanasius procured his condemnation by Pope Damasus at a Roman synod (369), he retained possession of his see until his death in 374, when he was succeeded by St. Ambrose.
VENABLES in Dict. of Christ. Biogr., I, 233.
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Obstat, Nihil. Lafort, Remy, Censor. Entry for 'Auxentius of Milan'. The Catholic Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/auxentius-of-milan.html. Robert Appleton Company. New York. 1914.
