Gelasius I

[ juh-ley-shee-uh s, -zhee-, -zee- ]

/ dʒəˈleɪ ʃi əs, -ʒi-, -zi- /

Saint,died a.d. 496, pope 492–496.

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Gelasius II

Giovanni de Gaeta,died 1119, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1118–19.

The scenes that followed the election of his successor Gelasius the Second were still more scandalous to the church and city.

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |Edward Gibbon
But neither of them so much as mentions Niall; and both make Gelasius the successor of Malachy.

St. Bernard of Clairvaux's Life of St. Malachy of Armagh |H. J. Lawlor
It is, however, only in this legal and technical sense that Gelasius can be described as the ‘first Archbishop of Armagh.’

Insula Sanctorum et Doctorum |John Healy
Pope Gelasius, his predecessor, had told that bishop in his day that he had no rank above that of a simple bishop.

The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI |Thomas W. (Thomas William) Allies

Here, in 1118, fifty-one cardinals took refuge, and elected Gelasius II.

Walks in Rome |Augustus J.C. Hare