Saint Simplicius

Saint Simplicius (born, Tivoli, near Rome [Italy]—died March 10, 483, Rome; feast day March 10) was pope from 468 to 483. He became Pope St. Hilary’s successor on March 3, 468, during a period that was turbulent ecclesiastically and politically. During Simplicius’ pontificate the Eastern church was torn between orthodoxy and Monophysitism, a doctrine teaching that Christ has only one nature rather than two—i.e., human and divine—and in particular by disputes between partisans and opponents...