Today, San Simplicio, Pope Defender of the Catholic doctrine, during his pontificate, was dismissed, Emperor Romulo Augústulo was dismissed and the end of the Roman Empire of the West was marked.

Simplice was Pope 47 of the Catholic Church- Hilario's Success- which reigned between 468 and 483. During his pontificate the Emperor Romulo Augústulo was dismissed and the end of the Roman Empire of the West was marked. At the time of the monofisite heresy in the fifth century- which believed only in the divine nature of Jesus Christ- this saint always defended the authority of the authority. Santa See and the independence of the Catholic Church before political power, especially since the Byzantine rulers wanted to unify both spheres.

For example, in the year 476 when the usurper Flavio Basilisco seized the throne of the Roman Emperor of the East, Zenón, and published a religious edict that rejected the Council of Chalcedon (451)-which condemned the heresy of monophysism-, the Pope Simplace made all the efforts to maintain the Catholic dogma and the definitions of this last Council. Specifically, San Simplicio urged to be faithful to the true faith in their letters sent to some members of the clergy, to the Bishop of Constantinople (Acacio) and the usurper Flavio Basilisco himself.

"This same norm of Apostolic Doctrine is firmly maintained by his successors (those of Peter), to whom the Lord entrusted the care of the entire flock of sheep, whom he promised not to leave him until the end of time," said Pope Simplace on January 10, 476. The saint also exercised a severe pastoral care in Western Europe publishing decisions about ecclesiastical issues. Among these he appointed the Bishop of Seville as Vicar Papal in Spain, so that the privileges of the Holy See could be exercised in the country itself.

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