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Maximian of Ravenna (Saint)
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[German Version] (498 – Feb 22, 553). The deacon and native of Pola was consecrated as a bishop in 546 at the instigation of Justinian I and elevated to the rank of metropolitan of Ravenna. He supported the Eastern Roman church politics in Upper Italy and the position of the emperor in the Three Chapters controversy. His exegetical and liturgical writings mentioned in the
Liber pontificalis of Ravenna are not preserved. Testimonies of his conception of office and of his closeness to the emperor, on the other hand, have been handed down as m…
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