Event Factoid
https://spear-prosop.org/3028-62Event Factoid:
Severus
defended his ordination practices by pointing out that many other godly
bishops approved, including Julian, who allowed
Severus to
ordain the deacon Irenaeus, and Dionysius, who
allowed Severus
to ordain the deacon Anatolius.
Sources:
- E. W. Brooks (ed.), Translation, The Sixth Book of the Select Letters of Severus Patriarch of Antioch in the Syriac Version of Athanasius of Nisibis vol. 2.1 (Oxford: Williams and Norgate, 1903), part: 1.05, p: 35.