Glycerius ( it, Glicerio) was
Archbishop of Milan from 436 to 438. He is honoured as a
Saint
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in the
Catholic Church and
Eastern Orthodox Church.
Life
Almost nothing is known about the life and the
episcopate of Glycerius. He was a
deacon of
Milan before being elected as bishop of Milan in 436. He probably had been a tutor of the
Western Roman Emperor,
Valentinian III, a position that he possibly maintained while he was bishop of Milan. He passed most of his reign in
Antioch in
Syria
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.
Glycerius died on 15 September 438 AD, and was buried in the
Church of Saint Nazarius and Celsus in Milan. In that church fragments of the funeral
epigraph of him have been discovered. His
feast day
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is 20 September.
Confusion with Emperor Glycerius
Saint Glycerius has been erroneously confused as the
Glycerius (c. 420 - after 480), who was one of the last of the
Western Roman Emperors (reigned 473–474), and who became
bishop of Salona after his deposition. Accounts concerning the emperor's later life are mixed:
*According to the chronicler
Marcellinus Comes, "The Caesar Glycerius, who held the imperial power at Rome, was deposed from power at the
port of Rome
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by
Nepos, son of the sister of the former
patrician Marcellinus. From Caesar he was ordained a bishop, and he died."
*
John of Antioch John of Antioch may refer to:
People from Antioch
* John Chrysostom (c. 347–407), born in Antioch, archbishop of Constantinople
* John Scholasticus (died 577), born in Antioch, patriarch of Constantinople from 565 to 577
* John Malalas (died 578 ...
and
Jordanes both write that Emperor Glycerius became bishop of Salona after Nepos took Rome, captured Glycerius without a fight and, having stripped him of royalty, appointed him to this see.
Notes
See also
*
Saint Lycerius
{{DEFAULTSORT:Glycerius 01 Of Milan, Archbishop
Archbishops of Milan
438 deaths
5th-century Christian saints
Saints from Roman Italy
Year of birth unknown