e/Bassianus (bishop)

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has gloss	eng: Bassianus was the Bishop of Ephesus (444-448). As a priest of Ephesus, he was reportedly very popular, and his bishop, Memnon, aroused to jealousy, sought his removal by promoting him to the Bishopric of Evaza. Bassianus repudiated the consecration to which he was violently forced to submit, an attitude approved by Memnons successor, Basil. On the latters death (444) Bassianus succeeded him and though popular enthusiasm disregarded canonical procedure his election was confirmed by Theodosius II and reluctantly by Archbishop Proclus of Constantinople. Bassianus reigned undisturbed for four years. At the Easter celebration in 448 he was seized by a mob and imprisoned. The emperor was importuned to remove him, and the case was referred to Pope Leo I and the Bishops of Constantinople, Alexandria, and Antioch, who declared the election invalid.
lexicalization	eng: Bassianus
instance of	c/5th-century bishops