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Germanus, St
Germanus, St (c.640–c.733), Patr. of Constantinople. He was head of the clergy of Hagia Sophia and probably played some part in the Third Council of Constantinople (680) and the Trullan Synod (692). He was Metropolitan of Cyzicus before he was elected Patriarch in 715; soon afterwards he anathematized the Monothelites. In 725 the Emp. Leo III issued his first edict against the veneration of icons (see ICONOCLASTIC CONTROVERSY); Germanus resisted and was forced to resign in 730. He wrote three treatises, dogmatic letters, and sermons fostering the cult of the BVM. He is probably also the author of a work interpreting the contemporary Byzantine liturgy, and of some fine liturgical poems. Feast day, 12 May.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GermanusSt2.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GermanusSt2.html |
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Germanus, St
Germanus, St (c.496–576), Bp. of Paris from 555. A monk before he became bishop, he tried to check the licence of the Frankish kings and to stop the perpetual civil wars. The church of St-Germain-des-Prés stands on the site of his tomb. Feast day, 28 May; of his translation, 25 July.
Two letters, almost certainly wrongly attributed to him, were used by earlier scholars in their reconstruction of the Gallican rite. They were probably written in S. France, c.700. |
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GermanusSt1.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GermanusSt1.html |
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Germanus, St
Germanus, St (d. 437/48), Bp. of Auxerre probably for 30 years. Prosper of Aquitaine records that he was sent to Britain in 429 by Celestine I to quell Pelagianism. His Life portrays him as an ascetic bishop of considerable standing; it mentions two visits to Britain and a journey to Ravenna. Feast day, 31 July.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GermanusSt.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Germanus, St." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-GermanusSt.html |
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