Maurikios Chartoularios

Maurikios Chartularios (Latin Mauricius Cartularius; † 643 at Ravenna ) was a Byzantine rebel in Italy.

638 Emperor Heraclius demanded by the newly elected Pope Severinus, his Ekthesis, a monotheletisches creed to sign. As Severinus refused Heraclius refused to allow the Pope to recognize and sent his cartularius Maurikios to negotiations to Rome. After his arrival Maurikios occupied with the support of the city of Rome by the Lateran army and plundered the papal palace. The geeilte also to Rome Exarch Isaac seized the Lateran treasure for the emperor, in which he retained a considerable part of its own. Severinus was almost two years denied access to his office.

In the year 643 was Maurikios, now in the office of Dux of Rome, repeat the Plünderungsaktion. In order not to have to share the wealth, he revolted against Isaac and declared the Roman Emperor Constans Dukat for whatever II The Exarch sent his magister militum Donus who crushed the revolt and Maurikios sent as prisoners to Ravenna, where he still before reaching the city ​​was beheaded as a usurper.

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• Raymond Davis: The Book of Pontiffs ( Liber Pontificalis ). University of Liverpool Press, Liverpool 1989, ISBN 0-85323-216-4, pp. 65-69 there.