According to the late tradition, Munuza, the Berber governor of Iegione ( either Gijón or León ), became attracted to Pelagius ' sister and sent word to Tariq ibn Ziyad, who ordered him to capture Pelagius and send him to Córdoba.

In the 580s, Pope Pelagius II commissioned the construction of a church over the site, in honor of the martyr.

He is buried in St. Peter's Basilica near Pope Pelagius I.

Justification as a concept is mentioned in the works of early church fathers < ref > Clement of Rome, < cite > To the Corinthians </ cite > 32. 4 and in the sermons of John Chrysostom, but it is not developed until Augustine's conflict with Pelagius.

* St. Pelagius, a Romanesque church from the 12th century.

The latter was brought here from Constantinople by Pope Pelagius II when he restored the church.

Figures of the Reformed tradition and their historical dispute with Arminian Protestants over a person's participatory role in salvation, a debate which many Calvinists identify with the original sin issue Augustine wrote of in his polemics against the British monk Pelagius, gave Reformed scholars and church leaders an intellectual tradition from which to oppose what they considered a false gospel.

Gothic identity survived the fall of the kingdom, however, especially in Marca Hispanica and the Kingdom of Asturias, which was founded by the Visigothic nobleman Pelagius after his victory over the Moors at the Battle of Covadonga.

During his reign, the Visigoths of Spain converted, but he also faced conflict with the See of Constantinople over the adoption of the title of " Ecumenical Patriarch ," which Pelagius believed to undermine the authority of the papacy.

During is second stay in Hippo he had a long conversation with Saint Augustine during which he handed over the letters he was carrying from Jerome and informed Saint Augustine about the meetings he had had with Pelagius.

Pope Pelagius II ( 578-590 ): " Consider the fact that whoever has not been in the peace and unity of the Church cannot have the Lord … Although given over to flames and fires, they burn, or, thrown to wild beasts, they lay down their lives, there will not be ( for them ) that crown of faith but the punishment of faithlessness … Such a one can be slain, he cannot be crowned … slain outside the Church, he cannot attain the rewards of the Church " ( Denzinger, 469 ).

Ever since Augustine and Pelagius there has been debate over the issue of salvation ; more specifically how can God elect believers and believers still come to God freely?

* The Reconquista, from 722, initially led by Pelagius of Asturias, until 1249 ( in Portugal only ), the Christian reaction to the Muslim invasion in which several Christian kingdoms slowly expanded themselves over Iberia at the expense of the Moorish states of Al-Andalus, and in the context of which Portugal emerges as an autonomous entity as the First County of Portugal, in 868, when Count Vímara Peres conquers the area from the Minho River to the Douro River, including the city of Portus Cale, from where the name and political entity of Portugal issued.

In the fifth century, a debate that affected the understanding of grace in Western Christianity, and that was to have long reaching effects on subsequent developments in the doctrine, took place between Pelagius and St Augustine of Hippo.

Although place names still remain ( such as Alfaião, Babe, Baçal, Bagueixe, Mogadouro, among others ) the influence of the Islamic civilization to the northern regions and Douro ( as well as mountainous enclaves ) has been little, except for a passing reference to a Pelagius Count of Bragança during the Council of Oviedo ( in 970 ).

The kingdom was established by a nobleman, Pelagius ( Pelayo ), who had returned to his country after the Battle of Guadalete in 711 where he was elected leader of the Asturians and founded the Kingdom of Asturias.

When Alaric sacked Rome in 410, Pelagius and his close follower Caelestius fled to Carthage where he continued his work and briefly encountered St. Augustine in person.

Pelagius is referred to in Stephen Lawhead's book, The Black Rood, and makes an appearance in Patrick where he has a discussion with the Hiberno-British saint.

Pelagius is frequently referred to in Jack Whyte's series of books known as A Dream of Eagles, where a major character's belief in Pelagius ' ideas of Free Will and the laxity of the Roman Catholic Church eventually cause him to come into conflict with Church representatives.

Saint Augustine counters Pelagius, arguing that original sin means that the unbaptised go to hell, including infants, albeit with less suffering than is experienced by those guilty of actual sins.

Pelagius was opposed by Saint Augustine, one of the most influential early Church Fathers.

When Pelagius taught that moral perfection was attainable in this life without the assistance of divine grace through human free will, Saint Augustine contradicted this by saying that perfection was impossible without grace because we are born sinners with a sinful heart and will.

Christian political forces then accused Abd-ar-Rahman III of pederasty with a Christian boy who was later canonized Saint Pelagius of Cordova for his refusal of Abd-ar-Rahman's advances.

Orosius met with Pelagius on Saint Augustine ’ s behalf and he represented the orthodox party against the Pelagians at the Synod of Jerusalem that was held in June 415.

The Saint Augustine / Pelagius debate is mockingly discussed in the novel by Flann O ' Brien titled The Dalkey Archive, wherein Saint Augustine actually makes a ghostly appearance.

The real Pelagius opposed Saint Augustine on the theological issue of the relationship between grace and free will.

* Saint Pelagius of Cordova, child Andalusian Christian martyr

* Saint Pelagius of Laodicea

* Saint Pelagius ( 912-925 )

In a minor battle known as the Battle of Covadonga, a Muslim force sent to put down the Christians rebels in the northern mountains was defeated by Pelagius of Asturias, who established the monarchy of the Christian Kingdom of Asturias.

One heresy, Pelagianism, was originated by a British monk teaching in Rome: Pelagius lived c. 354 to c. 420 / 440.

In fact, Popes Vigilius, Pelagius I ( 556-61 ), Pelagius II ( 579-90 ), and Gregory the Great ( 590-604 ) were only aware the Fifth Council specifically dealt with the Three Chapters and make no mention of Origenism or Universalism, nor spoke as if they knew of its condemnation even though Gregory the Great was opposed to the belief of universalism.

Prior to being made Pope, Sixtus was a patron of Pelagius, who was later condemned as a heretic.

Pelagius (; c. 685 – 737 ) was a Visigothic nobleman who founded the Kingdom of Asturias, ruling it from 718 until his death.

Pelagius was a Visigoth nobleman, the son of Fafila.

The Chronicle of Alfonso III calls Pelagius a grandson of Chindasuinth and says that his father was blinded in Córdoba, again at the instigation of Wittiza.

That Munuza's seat was at Gijón or León is sufficient to demonstrate that the Arabs had established their rule in the Asturias and that Pelagius was not therefore the leader of a local resistance to Arab conquest.

Rather, Pelagius may have come to terms with the Arab elite whereby he was permitted to govern locally in the manner of the previous Visigoths, as is known to have occurred between Arab rulers and Visigothic noblemen elsewhere, as in the case of Theudimer.

Pelagius reigned for eighteen or nineteen years until his death in 737, when he was succeeded by his son Fafila.

Pelagius was not always able to keep the Muslims out of Asturias, but neither could they defeat him, and as soon as the Muslims left, he would always re-establish control.

Pelagius never attempted to force the issue, and it was a Umayyad defeat elsewhere that probably set the stage for the Battle of Covadonga.

Pelagius and his force retreated deep into the mountains of Asturias, eventually retiring into a narrow valley flanked by mountains, which was easily defensible due to the impossibility of launching a broad-fronted attack.

Again Pelagius won, and Munuza was killed in the fighting.

The Kingdom of Asturias () was a Kingdom in the Iberian peninsula founded in 718 by Visigothic nobles under the leadership of Pelagius of Asturias.