Vitalian

Mariae ad martyres quae de tegulis aereis cooperta discooperuit, (Anast. in Vitalian.p. 141.)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Anastasius fought the pretender Vitalian, commander of the Bulgarian foederati.

493, Feb. 27 2001

At this time another army also arrived by sea from Byzantium, three thousand Isaurians who put in at the harbour of Naples, led by Paulus and Conon, and eight hundred Thracian horsemen who landed at Dryus, led by John, the nephew of the Vitalian who had formerly been tyrant, and with them a thousand other soldiers of the regular cavalry, under various commanders, among whom were Alexander and Marcentius.

Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Procopius

But later, when Belisarius saw that Rome was abundantly supplied with soldiers, he sent many horsemen to places far distant from Rome, and commanded John, the nephew of Vitalian, and the horsemen under his command, eight hundred in number, to pass the winter near the city of

Procopius History of the Wars, Books V. and VI. Procopius

He was born, probably at Constantinople, about 485, of a distinguished family related to the imperial general Vitalian.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Rejecting Meletius, Vitalian, and Paulinus, he made a direct appeal to Pope Damasus in a letter still famous, but which the pope did not answer.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Anastasius died (518), and, under Justin I, Vitalian, who had received from Anastasius the appointment as magister militum per

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

The pope received him with all due honour, and Constans, who had refused to confirm the elections of Martin and Eugenius, ordered the name of Vitalian to be inscribed on the diptychs of Constantinople.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman 1840-1916 1913

Justin rid itself of the too powerful Vitalian by having him assassinated.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913

Henoticon solemnly confirmed, a tumult arose at the capital, and later in the Danubian provinces, headed by Vitalian, a Moesian

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913