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Maximus the Cynic

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In face of the rebuke Maximus returned to Alexandria and demanded that Peter assist him in re-establishing himself at Constantinople. Peter appealed to the prefect, who drove Maximus out of Egypt.<ref>Gregory of Nazianzus, ''Carmen de Vita sua'', vss. 750-1029.</ref>
Maximus then appealed to the Western church, which in the autumn of 381 convened, either at Aquileia or at Milan, a [[synod]] under the presidency of [[Ambrose of Milan]] to consider Maximus' claims. The synod acted with the understanding that there was no question that Gregory's translation was uncanonical, the election of [[Nectarius of Constantinople|Nectarius]] was open to grave censure as that of an unbaptized layman, and only Maximus' representations to guide them. Maximus exhibited letters from Peter, the late venerable bishop of Alexandria, to confirm his asserted communion with the [[Church of Alexandria]]. The Italian bishops pronounced in favor of Maximus and refused to recognize either Gregory or Nectarius. In a letter to Theodosius, Ambrose and his brother-prelates<ref>Ep. xiii. c. i. § 3.</ref> remonstrated against the acts of Nectarius as not a rightful bishop since the chair of Constantinople belonged to Maximus, whose restoration they demanded, and that a general council of the Eastern and Western parts of the church be held at Rome to settle the disputed episcopate and also that of Antioch.
In 382, a provincial synod was held at Rome. The synod, having received more accurate information, finally rejected Maximus's claims.<ref>Hefele, ''Hist. of Councils'', i. pp. 359, 378, 381, Eng. trans.</ref>
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