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Sometime during his episcopacy Severus of Antioch wrote a letter to the clergy of Antaradus regarding a difficult set of circumstance surrounding their efforts to have a bishop ordained for their city and the case of Leontius, a deacon who had been disciplined because of his sin but was unrepentant and indeed sought to become head deacon. See factoid page
Sometime during his episcopacy Severus of Antioch consulted with Anastasios I regarding the difficult circumstances surrounding the lack of a bishop in Antaradus. See factoid page
Sometime during his episcopacy Severus of Antioch received a petition from Stephen, a deacon in Antaradus requesting the intervention of Severus in the case of Leontius who had been removed from the sacred tables for taking a second wife after his ordination as a deacon but allowed to keep ministering. Stephen opposed his lifestyle and his attempts to become head deacon. See factoid page