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Our father among the saints [[saint]]s '''Anysios Anysius of ThessalonikiThessalonica''' (383/4-406/7) was the student, co-worker and successor, of Saint Acholios (or also '''Anysios'Ascholios'') <ref>Saint Acholios, was the Bishop of Thessaloniki during the 4th-century, is commemorated Thessalonica from about 384 to 407. He was appointed by the church [[January 23Archbishop]]</ref>, to the archbishop's throne in 383/4. Not much [[Damasus I of his life is available, however, there is an epistle from Pope Damasos for Anysios to be a representing Vicar Rome|Damasus of Rome for the area of Illyriko; this was recorded [[December 11]], 384. This title has also been referenced by a Pope Sirikio (384-398). It is also known that Anysios played a significant role in the vindication of St. as his [[John ChrysostomVicar]]. Much of Anysios's biography is recorded Apostolic in the Roman martyrologionIllyricum. He is commemorated by the church on [[December 30]] same day as Saint [[Anysia of Thessaloniki|Anysia]].
==NotesLife==His early life is largely unknown. Anysius was the student and co-worker of his predecessor, [[Ascholius of Thessalonica|Ascholius]]. He was a friend of St. [[Ambrose of Milan|Ambrose]] who congratulated him, the [[clergy]], and people of Thessalonica on his succession to the [[see]] of [[Metropolis of Thessalonica|Thessalonica]] in 383/4. <ref> Anysius was well known in that time having been mentioned by St. [[Basil the Great]] as a "beacon of light for the church", a "charismatic person".</ref> He was highly regarded by his peers. When Eastern Illyria came under the administration of the emperor in Constantinople, Archbishop Damasus of Rome asserted his rights to preserve previous [[jurisdiction]] over Illyria by appointing Anysius his [[Vicar]] Apostolic in Illyricum. These privileges were later confirmed by Bishop [[Innocent I of Rome|Innocent]] when he succeeded to the Roman [[see]] in 401. Bp. Anysius and the bishops of Illyria condemned Bonosus, Bishop of Sardica as a [[heretic]] after his case was referred to them by the Council of Capua.  Bp. Anysius was also among the forty [[bishop]]s who stood by St. [[John Chrysostom]] against [[Theophilus of Alexandria]] during the efforts by Theophilus to [[deposition|depose]] Chrysostom. Bp. Anysius died at an advanced age about the year 403. ==Note==
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before=[[Ascholius of Thessalonica| Ascholius]]|
title=[[Metropolis of Thessalonica|Bishop of Thessalonica]]|
years=384&mdash;407|
after=Rufus}}
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==Sources==
*[http://saints.sqpn.com/book-of-saints-anysius/ Book of Saints - Anysius]
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/02677b.htm Catholic Encyclopedia: Bonosus]
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