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Pelagius was also highly educated, spoke and wrote Latin and Greek with great fluency, and was well versed in theology. His name has traditionally been understood as a Graecized form (from pélagos, "sea") of the Welsh name Morgan ("sea-born"), or another Celtic equivalent. [6] Pelagius became better known around 380 when he moved to Rome. [7]
Pelagius (Spanish: Pelayo; [1] c. 685 – 737) was a nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias in 718. [2] Pelagius is credited with initiating the Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian Peninsula from the Moors, and establishing the Asturian monarchy, making him the forefather of all the future Iberian monarchies, including the Kings of Castile, the Kings of León, and the ...
Pelagius has been the papal name of two popes of the Roman Catholic Church. The name is the Latin form of the Greek name Πελαγιος (Pelagios), which was derived from πελαγος (pelagos) "the sea". Pope Pelagius I (556–561) Pope Pelagius II (579–590)
The Kingdom of Asturias [3] was a kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius.It was the first Christian political entity to be established in the Iberian Peninsula after the Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711-718. [4]
Pelagius did teach Jesus' vicarious atonement for the sins of mankind and the cleansing effect of baptism, but placed less emphasis on these aspects. [35] Pelagius taught that a human's ability to act correctly was a gift of God, [45] as well as divine revelation and the example and teachings of Jesus. Further spiritual development, including ...
Another question within feminist theory is what name to use for this saint, and what pronouns best fit. One could use Pelagia, as that is the Christian name given to the saint, or the use of Pelagios/Pelagius, the name chosen when the saint dedicated herself to a spiritually ascetic lifestyle.
Pelayo is the Spanish form of the Latin name Pelagius. It may refer to: Pelagius of Asturias, founder of the Kingdom of Asturias and beginner of the Reconquista; Pelagius of Córdoba, tenth-century Christian martyr; Pelagius of Oviedo, bishop and chronicler; Spanish battleship Pelayo, a battleship that served in the Spanish Navy from 1888 to 1925
Pope Pelagius I (died 3 March 561) was the bishop of Rome from 556 to his death. A former apocrisiarius to Constantinople , Pelagius I was elected pope as the candidate of Emperor Justinian I , a designation not well received in the Western Church .