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FLAVIAN II

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 484 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FLAVIAN II  . (d . 518), bishop or patriarch of
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Antioch, was chosen by the emperor
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Anastasius I. to succeed Palladius, most probably in 498 . He endeavoured to please both parties by steering a
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middle course in reference to the Chalcedon (q.v.) decrees, but was induced after
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great hesitation to agree to the request of Anastasius that he should accept the Henoticon, or decree of union, issued by the emperor
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Zeno . His doing so, while it brought upon him the anathema of the patriarch of Constantinople, failed to secure the favour of Anastasius, who in 511 found in the riots which were occurring between the
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rival parties in the streets of Antioch a pretext for deposing Flavian, and banishing him to
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Petra, where he died in 518 . Flavian was soon after his
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death enrolled among the saints of the Greek Church, and after some opposition he was also canonized by the Latin Church .

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