St. Severus of Antioch and Professor Severus Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 140496

This is kind of a long introduction to a thought.  Sorry

I was doing some resource on Orthodox saints and came across a very 
interesting Saint Severus. As a young man he was highly educated and 
even became a lawyer. It seems that during the Council of Chalcedon 
he was made Patriarch of Antioch.  During this Council he was 
accussed of being on the sides of two different opposing heresies 
concerning the humanity and the divinity of Christ.  Yet those who 
knew him and had read his Christologies knew that in fact he was 
truely professing the Orthodox faith.  It came to pass that the 
emperior had an arguement about the faith and wanted St. Severus to 
publicly agree to the heresy that he backed.  The emperor's wife 
Theodora begged and pleaed with Severus to leave he refused at first 
then after several of the bishops alos begged him to leave St. 
Severus agreed.  When he left he was protected by the "hand of God" 
and escaped the from the soldiers unseen even though they were close 
at hand.  St. Severus escaped to Alexadria and hid by traveling in 
disguise from on monastery to another.  While in hiding an angel 
revealed his true idenity to a monestary at Divine Liturgy.  During 
this time many miricles are atributed to him and he instructed his 
bishops and parishes in the orthodox faith through many letters.  
The orthodox considier him a Doctor of Faith.  In fact he has 3 
different day of veneration: His arrvial in Alexaderia, Oct 11, 
Entombing of his body 12/10 and his departure Feb 8.

What stuck me was that the similiarities:
   1. Both very intelligent and book people
   2. Both in the middle of two opposing sides and very few people
      realy "knowing" their allegence.
   3. Both submitting to some one elses battle plan against evil.
      St. Severus to Queen Theodora, Professor Severus to Dumbledoor.
   4. Both ended up in exile.

It will be interesting if the similairities continue in book 7.  
Evenually St. Severus was cleared of heresy.  Will Professsor 
Severus be cleared.  Will Professor Severus teach Harry through 
letters as St. Severus taught and battled heresy while in exile?  
Will Professor Severus do great miracles while in exile.  While 
Professor Snapes true idenity be revealed while in hiding?

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