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<p> ( '''''Διόσκορος''''' ), bishop of Hermopolis, end of the 4th century, one of the four Nitrian solitaries (the three others being Ammonius, Eusebius, and Euthymius) known as "the tall brothers" on account of their stature. (See [[Tall Brothers]]). </p>
       
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<p> anti-pope, had been sent as legate by pope [[Hormisdas]] to Constantinople. He was chosen pope October 15, 529 (on the death of [[Felix]] IV), by a number of bishops; but, about the same time, [[Boniface]] II was elected and sustained by Athalaric the Goth. [[Dioscorus]] died within a month of his election, November 12, 529, and Boniface excommunicated him, even after his death '''''—''''' a sentence that was annulled afterwards by pope Agapetus. '''''—''''' Bower, History of the Popes, 2:327. </p>
       
 
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( Διόσκορος ), bishop of Hermopolis, end of the 4th century, one of the four Nitrian solitaries (the three others being Ammonius, Eusebius, and Euthymius) known as "the tall brothers" on account of their stature. (See Tall Brothers).

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