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Events

• Schools of sacred Scripture were established at Nisibis in the time of Emperor Justinian, as attested by Junilius Africanus
• Under the same Emperor, Pope Agapetus endeavored to introduce similar schools at Rome, as Cassiodorus narrates

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• Chapter IV: The Judgments and Examples of the Fathers — Schools of Sacred Scripture at Nisibis and Rome under Justinian

  "Regarding the schools of sacred Scripture established at Nisibis in the time of the Emperor Justinian, the witness is Junilius Africanus, a bishop, in his book to Primasius. The same schools under the same Emperor, Agapetus the Pontiff endeavored to introduce at Rome"