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Liberatus Diaconus

6th century

Who he was

  • Archdeacon of Carthage, a Latin writer on the Nestorian and Eutychian heresies.
  • Liberatus was an ardent defender of the Three Chapters, and undertook many journeys in that cause.

What he wrote

  • He wrote Breviarium Causae Nestorianorum et Eutychianorum (ca. 560) which is a history of the Christological controversies up to 553.
  • It is an account of Nestorianism and Eutychianism, but in which he also records some circumstances of his life.

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