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According to the life in the "Liber Pontificalis" (ed. Duchesne, I, 216), Siricius also took severe measures against the [[Manichæan]]s at Rome. However, as Duchesne remarks (loc. cit., notes) it cannot be assumed from the writings of the converted [[Augustine of Hippo]], who was a Manichæan when he went to Rome (383), that Siricius took any particular steps against them, yet Augustine would certainly have commented on this if such had been the case. The mention in the "Liber Pontificalis" belongs properly to the life of Pope Leo I. Neither is it probable, as Langen thinks (Gesch. der röm. Kirche, I, 633), that [[Priscillianism|Priscillianists]] are to be understood by this mention of Manichæans, although probably Priscillianists were at times called Manichæans in the writings of that age. The western emperors, including Honorius and Valentinian III, issued laws against the Manichæans, whom they declared to be political offenders, and took severe action against the members of this sect (Codex Theodosian, XVI, V, various laws).
In the East, Siricius interposed to settle the Meletian schism at Antioch; this schism had continued notwithstanding the death in 381 of [[Meletius of Antioch|Meletius]] at the Council of Constantinople. The followers of Meletius elected Flavian as his successor, while the adherents of Bishop Paulinus, after the death of this bishop (388), elected Evagrius. Evagrius died in 392 and through Flavian's management no successor was elected. By the mediation of St. John Chrysostom and Theophilus of Alexandria an embassy, led by Bishop Acacius of Beroea, was sent to Rome to persuade Siricius to recognize Flavian and to readmit him to communion with the Church.<ref name="ce">{{Catholic| last=Kirsch |first=Johann Peter |
When the Spanish bishop and ascetic [[Priscillian]], accused by his fellow bishops of heresy, was executed by Emperor [[Magnus Maximus]] under the charge of [[magic (paranormal)|magic]], Siricius—along with [[Ambrose]] of [[Milan]] and [[Martin of Tours]]—protested against the verdict to the emperor.<ref name=today/>
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