(A.D. 483.)
[Roman Martyrology. Authorities:--Evagrius, Hist. Eccl., and his own
letters.]
S. Simplicius was born at Tivoli, and succeeded S. Hilary in the papal
throne, in 468. He strongly resisted the Emperor Leo, who desired to
elevate the patriarch of Constantinople to the second rank in the
Church, above the patriarchs of Antioch and Alexandria. He was also
engaged in controversy with Acacius of Constantinople concerning the
appointment of Peter Mongus to the see of Alexandria. After having
governed the Church in most difficult and stormy times, Simplicius died
on March 2nd, in the year 483; and was buried in S. Peter's.