Pope Innocent I - Place of Birth, Date of Birth, Age, Wiki, Facts, Net Worth, Birthday, Biography and Family
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About Pope Innocent I
- Pope Innocent I (Latin: Innocentius I; d.
- 12 March 417) served as the pope of the Catholic Church from 401 to his death in 417.
- From the beginning of his papacy, he was seen as the general arbitrator of ecclesiastical disputes in both the East and the West.
- He confirmed the prerogatives of the Archbishop of Thessalonica, and issued a decretal on disciplinary matters referred to him by the Bishop of Rouen.
- He defended the exiled John Chrysostom and consulted with the bishops of Africa concerning the Pelagian controversy, confirming the decisions of the African synods.
- The Catholic priest-scholar Johann Peter Kirsch, 1500 years later, described Innocent as a very energetic and highly gifted individual "...who fulfilled admirably the duties of his office".
