Petrus Fullo

Peter the Fuller (? *, † 488 ) was a church leader of the Syrian - Monophysite Church. His nickname "Fullo" means "walker" and refers to an earlier activity as a cloth walker .

Petrus Fullo was - interrupted by the times of exile because of his opposition to the Council of Chalcedon - in the years 471, 476–477 and 485–488 patriarch of the Syrian metropolis Antioch . In his metropolis he introduced some liturgical innovations. The rule that the creed should be prayed at Mass also prevailed in the Church as a whole.

It is discussed whether he is the actual author of the writings handed down under the name Pseudo-Dionysius Areopagita . Regardless of this, the liturgical innovations he introduced are decisive for the dating of the Dionysian work.

literature

• Henry Wace, William C. Piercy: Petrus, surnamed Fullo In: Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century John Murray, London 1911 ( online) .
• K. Uthemann: Petrus Fullo . In: Walter Kasper (Ed.): Lexicon for Theology and Church . 3. Edition. tape 8 . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1999, Sp. 143 .
• Beate R. Suchla:  Petrus Fullo . In: Religion Past and Present (RGG). 4th edition. Volume 6, Mohr-Siebeck, Tübingen 2003, Sp. 1171.
• HJ Vogt: Petrus Fullo . In: Lexicon of the Middle Ages (LexMA). Volume,, ISBN, Sp..
• Hans-Georg Opitz : Petros 4 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XIX, 2, Stuttgart 1938, Col. 1295 f.