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In 482, after John Talaia, who had been chosen by emperor Zeno to succeed Timothy Salofaciolus, refused to sign the [[Henoticon]], Zeno recognized Peter as patriarch on the condition he sign the Henoticon, which he did. After Peter sent notices of his succession to the other patriarchs, Patr. [[Acacius of Constantinople]] added Peter into his [[diptychs]].
In the meantime, Patr. [[John I Talaia of Alexandria|John Talaia]] fled to Rome and presented his case to Pope Felix III, who then refused to recognized Peter Mongus and defended Talaia's rights in letters to Patr. Acacius. As Acacius supported the Henoticon and maintained communion with Peter Mongus, Felix [[excommunication|excommunicated]] the patriarchs in 484, precipitating the [[Acacian Schism|Acacian schism]] that lasted until 519.
As patriarch, Peter Mongus became the chief champion of all Miaphysites. He held a [[synod]] that condemned Chalcedon. He also had the tombs of his two Chalcedonian predecessors Proterius and Timothy Salofaciolus desecrated. When Patr. Acacius died in 488, Mongus encouraged his successor Patr. Fravitta to maintain the [[schism]] with Rome. Fravitta's successor Euphemius, however, sought unsuccessfully to heal the schism by excommunicating Peter Mongus, but he refused to erase the the names of Acacius and Fravitta from the diptychs and thus kept the schism alive. Peter Mongus, however, died soon afterwards in 490.
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before=[[John I Talaiaof Alexandria|John Talaia]]|
title=[[List of Patriarchs of Alexandria|Patriarch of Alexandria]]|
years=482-490|
