apocrisiarius

Julianus of Cos, whom he appointed apocrisiarius, can be deduced the powers of this officer and his duties, i.e. to look after the observance of ecclesiastical discipline, to resist the spread of heresy, and to defend the rights of the pope.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Almost contemporaneously with the apocrisiarius, the popes established in the fourth century another class of legates, of a purely ecclesiastical character, known eventually as legati nati, or perpetual legates.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

In 593 he was sent by St. Gregory I as apocrisiarius or Apostolic nuncio to Constantinople; but in some respects his administration of the office did not come up to

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

At the court of the exarch at Ravenna the Pope also had a permanent apocrisiarius.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913

On the day of the first trial a council of clergy was held, and the emperor was persuaded to send Maximus to Byzia in Thrace, and his disciples, Abbot Anastasius and Anastasius the papal apocrisiarius, to Perberis and Mesembria.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

He had been ordained a deacon of the Roman Church, and in 603 sent by Gregory the Great as apocrisiarius, or legate, to the court of Constantinople, where, by his tact and prudence, he appears to have gained the favourable regard of the Emperor Phocas.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913

Gregory along with it as his apocrisiarius, or permanent ambassador to the Court of Byzantium.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Symmachus he was sent to Ravenna on an important mission to Theodoric the Goth, and later, under Pope Hormisdas, served with great distinction as papal apocrisiarius, or legate, to the court of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

The Greek legend is that, when he was apocrisiarius at Constantinople (578), seeing that the Greeks had no fixed rite for this Communion-service, he composed this one for them.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Thus Gregory I, while Deacon of the Roman Church, served in Byzantium for several years as apocrisiarius.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913