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1 He commanded Macedonius, Patriarch of Constantinople, to anathematize the Synod twice; and when he did not agree, he cast him out and installed Timothy.
2 And in the twenty-fourth year of Anastasius, Vitalianus rebelled against him.
3 In the year 829 of the Greeks, Emperor Anastasius departed from the world on the ninth of Tammuz July. And Justinus reigned in his stead.
4 And in the second year of the reign of Justinus, which is the year 830, Justinus anathematized Severus of Antioch and Xenaias of Mabug and all the bishops who did not accept the Synod, and he exiled them.
5 And it came to pass that by the salvation of Emperor Justinus, who held the will of God, the four Synods of the Holy Church were written into the diptychs official lists of those commemorated in the liturgy of Nicaea and the others.
...the fire erupted from the chest and touched the faces of the excavators, Anastasius was forced to desist from his undertaking.
1 LXXXIV. He expelled Macedonius, Bishop of Constantinople, because he refused to pronounce anathema upon the Synod, and he replaced him with Timothy.
2 LXXXV. In the twenty-fourth year of Anastasius, Vitalianus rebelled against him.
3 LXXXVI. In the year 829, on the 9th of July, Emperor Anastasius died: to whom Justinus was substituted.
4 LXXXVII. In the second year of his reign, which was the year 830, Justinus expelled Severus from Antioch and Xenaias from Mabug: furthermore, he punished with exile whosoever refused to accept the four Synods.
5 LXXXVIII. By the care and providence of the God-loving Emperor Justinian, it was brought about that the four Holy Synods of the Church were inscribed in the Diptychs: namely, the Nicene...
[Translation of the Latin notes 1-5 regarding the historical sequence of Anastasius, Justinus, and the reception of the Council of Chalcedon.]