Pope Saint Hormisdas

Patron Saint of Stable-Boys

Pope Saint Hormisdas was born in Frosinone, Campagna di Roma, Italy.

He was an Italian by birth, though his name, Hormisdas, is Persian. This name derives from the Ancient Greek “Ahura Mazdā > Hormoz / Ormazd”, meaning “lord of wisdom, or according to other sources, the spirit that creates the thought.”

Pope Hormisdas, married and widowed prior to ordination, was the bishop of Rome from July 20, 514 A.D. until his death on August 6, 523 A.D. His papacy was dominated by the Acacian schism, started in 484 by Acacius of Constantinople.

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