Person

Name: Anastasio II

Alternate Name: Anastatius II

Nature: historical

(Ecclesiastical)

Gender: male

Description: Pope from 496-498, Anastasius II was considered a heretic for supporting Photinus, deacon of Thessalonica, for his reputed denial of the divine origin of Christ. Dante may have confused Anastatius II with the Emperor Anastasius I.

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