Definitions for Pelagius

Pelagius Pe·la·gi·us

Spelling: [puh-ley-jee-uh s]
IPA: /pəˈleɪ dʒi əs/

Pelagius is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 365 anagrams from letters in Pelagius (aegilpsu).

Definitions for Pelagius

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  1. 360?–420? English monk and theologian who lived in Rome: teachings opposed by St. Augustine.
  2. died a.d. 561, pope 556–561.
  3. died a.d. 590, pope 579–590.

Examples for Pelagius

But though Benedict was contented to grant his request, Pelagius.

Coelestius and Pelagius between them were too much for Zosimus.

Cardinal Pelagius was a Spaniard who had been promoted by Innocent in 1206.

This would explain the survival of the writings of Pelagius in Ireland until the 8th century.

But whether of Irish or Scotch descent, Pelagius was an able man.

The dispute was brought to an issue by Pelagius and his disciples.

It was inevitable that at such a time Gregory should be the one man to whom every eye turned as the successor of Pelagius.

Pelagius died in January 590, but it was late in that year before his successor was forced into the vacant place.

It was an errour of Pelagius that man should have dyed though he had never synned.

It was in 586, four years before the end of the life of Pelagius, that Gregory returned home.

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