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Adult convert. Deacon. Priest. Bishop of Ravenna, Italy in 433. Fought
paganism and the Monophysite heresy, enforced reforms, and built several
churches and ornate altars in his see. Preacher with such language skills,
he was given the name Chrysologus, referring to his golden word. 176
of his sermons have survived; it is the strength of these beautiful
explanations of the Incarnation, the Creed, the place of Mary and John the
Baptist in the great plan of salvation, etc., that led to his being
proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1729 by Pope Benedict XIII.
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