Scholasticus was
Exarch of Ravenna
The Exarchate of Ravenna (; ), also known as the Exarchate of Italy, was an administrative district of the Byzantine Empire comprising, between the 6th and 8th centuries, the territories under the jurisdiction of the exarch of Italy (''exarchus ...
from 713 to 723.
In 713 he was appointed as
exarch
An exarch (;
from Ancient Greek ἔξαρχος ''exarchos'') was the holder of any of various historical offices, some of them being political or military and others being ecclesiastical.
In the late Roman Empire and early Byzantine Empire, ...
, the same year
Anastasius II became
Byzantine emperor
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and overthrew his
Monothelite predecessor
Philippicus. Scholasticus was charged with giving a letter to
Pope Constantine, which described Anastasius' allegiance to orthodoxy, helping to heal the rift between
Rome
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and
Constantinople
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.
[Raymond Davis (translator), ''The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis)'', first edition (Liverpool: University of Liverpool Press, 1989), p. 92] Around 723, he was replaced as exarch by
Paul
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People
* Paul (given name), a given name, including a list of people
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* Paul the Apostle, an apostle who wrote many of the books of the New Testament
* Ray Hildebrand, half of the singing duo ...
.
References
8th-century exarchs of Ravenna
8th-century deaths
Year of birth unknown
Leo III the Isaurian
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