– Two excommunicated bishops wanted to harm him, so they fabricated a case against him to the governor; when the governor discovered their conspiracy and perceived that the Pope had divine grace, he ordered that no one oppose him in ordaining or deposing a bishop
– The Chalcedonians (Melkites) also spoke against the Pope and they were the cause of plundering marble from churches, especially the Church of St. Mina in King Mariout