Πέτρος ὁ Μογγός

Peter Mongos, Peter the Stammerer

Translated by Catharine Roth10 Jun 2004Vetting: high8 revisions

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He was bishop of Alexandria, but a fiery heretic; Euphemius the patriarch, however, was a zealot for the orthodox faith.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Πέτρος ὁ Μογγός, Ἀλεξανδρείας μὲν ἦν ἐπίσκοπος, αἱρετικὸς δὲ διάπυρος· Εὐφήμιος δὲ ὁ πατριάρχης ζηλωτὴς ἦν τῆς ὀρθοδόξου πίστεως.

Betacode

*pe/tros o( *moggo/s, *)alecandrei/as me\n h)=n e)pi/skopos, ai(retiko\s de\ dia/puros: *eu)fh/mios de\ o( patria/rxhs zhlwth\s h)=n th=s o)rqodo/cou pi/stews.

Notes

George the Monk, Chronicon 623.19-21.
Peter Mongos (d. 490 CE), following the teaching of Cyril of Alexandria, rejected the Council of Chalcedon; Catholic Encyclopedia entry at web address 1.
For stammering cf. mu 1180.

External resources

Web address 1 newadvent.org

Neighbouring entries

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