Patriarch Dioscorus of Alexandria : the last pharaoh and ecclesiastical politics in the later Roman empire /

This book provides the first full account of Dioscorus as patriarch of Alexandria between 444 and 451 CE. Often historically tarnished as a ruthless 'tyrant-bishop' in the Western Church, Dioscorus is shown rather to be a conflicted reformer against the backdrop of the Later Roman Empire a...

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