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to elect another bishop, which greatly grieved both Ariadne and the members of the senate; for Macedonius was loved both for the purity of his life and for the orthodoxy of his doctrines, even if he was deceived. But the emperor arranged for two certain wicked men to accuse Macedonius as a pederast and a heretic, and to submit these charges in writing to the eparch and the magister; and likewise also against orthodox presbyters and deacons. And he ordered Celar the magister to bring him down from the episcopal palace by force, while Macedonius shouted that he was ready to defend himself not only in the praetorium, but also in the theater. Many of the clergy were thrown into prisons; but others who were able to flee were scattered in Rome and Phoenicia. The impious emperor was eager to get from Macedonius, through the magister, the authentic document of the proceedings at Chalcedon in order to tear it up. But Macedonius, having sealed it, deposited it in the sanctuary. But Calopodius the eunuch, being the oikonomos of the great church, stole it and brought it to the emperor. Then the emperor, bringing Macedonius out by night, violently sent him to Chalcedon and from there ordered him to be exiled in Euchaita, not daring to have any of the charges against him investigated, for fear of the crowds. On the next day, he appointed as bishop a certain Timothy, a presbyter and keeper of the sacred vessels of the church, nicknamed Litroboulos and Kelon because of certain deeds appropriate to the names, who, upon entering the churches, first pulled down the icons of Macedonius and then celebrated the liturgy; and he enrolled John of Alexandria, the Nicaeote, in the diptychs and wrote synodical letters to him. But Anastasius, realizing that he had exiled Macedonius without a trial and without 156 deposition, sent a magistrianus and had him stay beyond Claudiopolis of Honorias. And they, being judges and witnesses and accusers, deposed in his absence the one who had been expelled before a trial, and they sent the deposition by means of bishops and a presbyter of Cyzicus. When Macedonius saw them, before they said anything, he asked if they accepted the council of Chalcedon? And when they said, "For who would be for this?" he himself said: "If Sabatians or Macedonians brought me a deposition, I would have to accept it." And so they returned having accomplished nothing; and he reached Euchaita. Then the lawless emperor also hastened to expel Flavian from the throne of Antioch and to bring in Severus, the manifest enemy of the truth, in his place. And they attacked him, accusing him that he had anathematized the council with his mouth only, and not with his heart. Finally, the officials sent by the emperor to expel him also advised him to withdraw a little because of the disturbance. And when he went out to Platanus, they immediately consecrated the impious Severus, who had been staying in the monastery of the schismatics near Maiuma of Gaza. And they exiled Flavian to Petra and many other bishops in chains, and clerics and monks. And Elias of Jerusalem, being forced by the emperor either to be in communion with Severus or to be expelled from his episcopate, since the monks had fortified him, chose rather to be expelled from his episcopate, and John was consecrated from among the guardians of the cross, agreeing to do whatever they wished. But having been consecrated, he did neither. 157 Years of the world 6005. Years of the divine incarnation 505. Roman emperor Anastasius, years 27. 22. Persian king Kavadh, years 30. 18. Bishop of Rome Symmachus, years 12. 12. Bishop of Constantinople Timothy, years 6. 1. Bishop of Jerusalem Elias, years 23. 2. Bishop of Alexandria John, years 11. 7. Bishop of Antioch Severus, years 7. 1. In this year, the orthodox in Scythia and Moesia and other regions called upon Vitalian, the son of Patriciolus, count of the Foederati, to move against the impious Anastasius. And he, having moved, destroyed many myriads of the army fighting for Anastasius, and gold for salaries

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