Pelagius I, pontifex Romanus

559_PPI

Regestum

Pope Pelagius I writes to patrician John regarding the detrimental consequences of the schism within the Church (the so-called Three Chapters Controversy), especially concerning the recent election of a schismatic patriarch of Aquileia, urging the Byzantine official not to recognize their authority as they had not been canonically elected.

Date
February of 559

559_PPV

Regestum

Pope Pelagius I writes to patrician Valerian, beseeching him to repress the schismatics and support the quest to restore union to the Church.

Date
March of 559

559_PL

Regestum

Pope Pelagius I writes to a patrician John on the detrimental effects of the schism in the Church (the so-called Three Chapters Controversy), singling out Bishop Euphrasius as a particularly depraved schismatic and advising the patrician to repress the schismatics in the province of Aquileia (that is, the region Venetia et Histria).

Date
March of 559

559_PPV1

Regestum

Pope Pelagius I writes to patrician Valerian, urging him to take action against the schismatic bishops in the ecclesiastical provinces of Milan and Aquileia and support the papal quest to bring back unity to the Church.

Date
Between March and the 16th of April, 559

559_PPN

Regestum

Pope Pelagius I writes to patrician Narses, beseeching him to take action against the schismatic bishops, namely the bishop of Fossombrone and the bishops of Liguria, Venetia and Istria.

Date
Between March and mid-April of 559

559_PL1

Regestum

Pope Pelagius I writes to Charles, the magister militum, regarding the Schism of the Three Chapters and the schismatic bishops.

Date
April of 559