Florentius of Sardis

Florentius of Sardis was a 5th century bishop of Sardis and theologian.

Council of chalcedon - (1876)

He was also an attendee to the Council of Chalcedon[1] fl 451.[2] where he noted himself by giving impromptu translations of Latin text for his Greek speaking colleagues.[3] and at one heated point in the Council, he called for an adjournment.[4] He was also one of 22 delegates who formed a subcommittee of the Council, to examine and formulate the statement for the general Synod.[5]

He was the recipient of a letter from Theodoret,[6] who urged Florentius to oppose heresy and support those who are being persecuted.

References
  1. Richard Price & Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon, Volume 1 (Liverpool University Press, 2005) p6
  2. Ulrich Huttner, Early Christianity in the Lycus Valley (BRILL, 29 Nov. 2013) p325.
  3. Fergus Millar, A Greek Roman Empire: Power and Belief under Theodosius II (408–450) (University of California Press, 2006) p21.
  4. Evagrius (Scholasticus), Michael Whitby, The Ecclesiastical History of Evagrius Scholasticus (Liverpool University Press, 2000) p112.
  5. J. H. N., I.e. J. H. Newman, and W. Kay., The Ecclesiastical History, from A.D. 429 to A.D. 456, (1844). p372.
  6. Theodoret, The Ecclesiastical History of Theodoret.
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