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St. Zosimus - (417-418)

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St. Zosimus was probably a Greek of Jewish descent. He was a priest recommended to Innocent ... Read More

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(Reigned 417-18).

Year of birth unknown; died 27 December, 418. After the death of Pope Innocent I on 12 March, 417, Zosimus was elected his successor.

According to the "Liber Pontificalis" Zosimus was a Greek and his father's name was Abram. Harnack (Sitzungsberichte der Berliner Akademie, ... Read More


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