Saint Severianus (died 21 February 453) was bishop of
Scythopolis in
Palestine
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* State of Palestine, a state in Western Asia
* Palestine (region), a geographic region in Western Asia
* Palestinian territories, territories occupied by Israel since 1967, namely the West Bank (including East ...
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He was martyred and is considered a saint.
His feast day is 21 February.
Life
Scythopolis was made the capital of the new province of ''Palaestine secunda'' around 400 by the emperor
Theodosius II
Theodosius II ( grc-gre, Θεοδόσιος, Theodosios; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor for most of his life, proclaimed ''Augustus (title), augustus'' as an infant in 402 and ruling as the eastern Empire's sole emperor after ...
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The relationship between the bishop of Scythopolis and the metropolitan of Caesarea was not well defined.
Severianus was appointed bishop of Scythopolis, metropolitan of the province of
Palestine II.
His name is among the signatories to the Definition of Faith of the
Council of Chalcedon
The Council of Chalcedon (; la, Concilium Chalcedonense), ''Synodos tēs Chalkēdonos'' was the fourth ecumenical council of the Christian Church. It was convoked by the Roman emperor Marcian. The council convened in the city of Chalcedon, Bith ...
(451), but he probably was not present at the council.
Severianus was killed because he had implemented the Chalcedonian faith among the Christians of Palestine.
He was murdered during the unrest caused by the Definition of the Faith, which stated that the divinity and humanity of Christ were two distinct but inseparable natures, contradicting the
archimandrite
The title archimandrite ( gr, ἀρχιμανδρίτης, archimandritēs), used in Eastern Christianity, originally referred to a superior abbot (''hegumenos'', gr, ἡγούμενος, present participle of the verb meaning "to lead") who ...
Eutyches
Eutyches ( grc, Εὐτυχής; c. 380c. 456) or Eutyches of Constantinople[Alban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ...]
wrote in the ''Lives of the fathers, martyrs, and other principal saints'' (1821),
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5th-century Byzantine bishops
453 deaths
5th-century Christian martyrs
Palestinian bishops
Bishops of the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
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Ancient Christians involved in controversies