The synod deprived him of his Office, and deposed him from the priesthood. On this he appealed to Leo, complaining of the in justice with which he had been treated, and intreating him to shield one, who had lived in all continence and chastity seventy years, from being expelled from the number Of the orthodox in his last days. (epist. The Emperor also wrote to Leo on the subject. But for some considerable time no communication, it would appear, reached Leo from Flavian, for he writes to Flavian on the 18th of February, nearly three months after the synod, expressing surprise that Flavian had not informed him of a matter which so greatly affected the Church's welfare. (epist. Flavian, it would seem, had written (epist. But by some accident his letter had not reached its destination when Leo wrote a.