caption venerated appointed predecessor successor death_place death_date feast_day image article_title term_end name church archbishop_of
saint dacius as an exorcist catholic church , orthodox church c. 530 ad magnus vitale chalcedon 5 february 552 january 14 e3 dazio 35m.jpg dacius -lrb- bishop of milan -rrb-
 5 february 552 dacius catholic church archbishop of milan
dacius -lrb- bishop of milan -rrb-

dacius or datius -lrb- -rrb- was bishop of milan from c. 530 to 552 .
he is honoured as a saint in the catholic church .
an active ecclesiastical politician , he was an ally of pope vigilius in the latter 's struggles against justinian , involved in the three-chapter controversy .
he is remembered as a defender of catholic orthodoxy against the heresies of his day .
