Pope Anastasius II
Born in Rome, Anastasius was elected less than a week after the death of his predecessor, Gelasius I, in the midst of the Acacian Schism.
Pope Anastasius sought to heal the breach between East and West and received representatives from Byzantine ecclesiastics. This led to conflict with the Romans, who believed he was making conciliatory moves toward the heretical Monophysites instead of standing fast against it as his predecessors had done. Whether or not this was rightly the case, Anastasius acquired a reputation as a heretic because of it. He was chastised by the author of the Liber Pontificalis, and he was included among the heretics in the sixth circle of hell by Dante in his Inferno.
Anastasius would be succeeded by Symmachus.
Important Dates
Elected pope: Nov. 24, 496
Died: Nov. 19, 498
At About
Biography: Pope Anastasius II
Brief biography and collection of useful resources, by Austin Cline at the Atheism/Agnosticism site.
On the Web
Anastasius II
Concise overview of the pope's reign by Karen Rae Keck at the Ecole Initiative.Anastasius II
Accessible biography at Christ's Faithful People.Pope Anastasius II
Very brief biography at the Catholic Encyclopedia.Pope Anastasius II
Brief but useful collection of data at the Patron Saints Index.
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Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II
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by P. G. Maxwell-Stuart
Related Resources
The Papacy
Index of sites regarding the Popes and the political entity of the Papal States, their impact on medieval culture, and the schisms they endured and overcame.Early Europe
Directory of sites that offer useful resources for the study of Europe in Late Antiquty, or shortly after the fall of Rome.
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