431 - Definition and Overview

Events

• June - Council of Ephesus: Nestorianism is rejected, the Nicene creed is declared to be complete. Nestorius is deposed from his see.
• October 1 - Maximianus is enthroned as Patriarch of Constantinople.
• Marcian (future Eastern Roman Emperor), is captured while fighting the Vandals.
• Hippo Regius becomes the capital of the Vandal kingdom.
• Proclus begins studying at the Academy in Athens.
• Aetius pushes the Franks back across the Somme.
• Pope Celestine I dispatches Palladius to serve as bishop to the Irish
• Battle of Syria

Births

Deaths

• June 22, Saint Paulinus of Nola, early Christian bishop, poet
• Palladius, first bishop of Ireland