HORMISDAS  ,

pope from 514 to 523 in succession to Symmachus, was a native of Campania . He is known as having succeeded in obtaining the reunion of the Eastern and Western Churches, which had been separated since the excommunication of Acacius in 484 . After two unsuccessful attempts under the emperor Anastasius I., Hormisdas had no difficulty in coming to an understanding in 518 with his successor Justin . Legates were despatched to Constantinople; the memorial of the schismatic patriarchs was condemned; and union was resumed with the Holy See . Details of this transaction have come down to us in the Collectio Avellana (Corpus script. cool . Vindobon., vol. xxv., Nos . I05-203; cf . Andreas Thiel, Epp . Rom . Pont. i . 741 seq.) .