Acacius of Beroea
ACACIUS OF BEROEA
Bishop in the province of antioch who took part in all major ecclesiastical controversies between 360 and 433; b. Syria?, c. 322; d. Beroea, after 433. He had been a monk under asterius of amasea at Gindarus near Antioch, and was renowned as a bishop for his austere life and discipline. He fought Arianism and Apollinarianism at Antioch in the persecution of Valens from 369 to 377. He was consecrated bishop of Beroea in 378, and attended most later councils, including constantinople i in 381. He took part in two legations from the East to Rome to settle the Antiochian schism, and he was prominent in the intrigues (401–404) that led to the exile of St. john chrysostom. He did not attend the Council of Ephesus in 431, but played an important part in the nestorian controversy and helped restore peace between Alexandria and Antioch through the Union formula of 433. When he died shortly after, he was more than 110 years old. Of his writings only six letters remain.
Bibliography: j. quasten, Patrology 3:482–83. g. bardy, "Acace de Bérée et son rôle dans la controverse nestorienne," Revue des sciences religieuses 18 (1938) 20–44.
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