- ABBANUS(St.), of Cill-Abbain, in UiMuireadhaigh (co. Meath), and of Magh-Ar- juidhe in Ui-Ceinseallaigh (co. Wexford), Irish ib
- ABDAor ABDAS, bishop of Susa (Theoyhanes, Chronogr. sub an, 406), called by Socrates vii. 8) bishop of Persia. He is said to
- ABDIASUnder the name of Abdias, whom he legend makes first bishop of Babylon, a colection of apocryphal Acts of Apostles, writ
- ABDON(Aspus) and SENNEN (SENNES), SS., two Persian princes martyred at Rome under Decius, of whom an account is given in the
- ABELSt., of Imleach-fiach (now Emlagh, co. Meath), an Irish abbat, is recorded to have died in 742. (Annals of the Four Mast
- ABELONIIthe name of an obscure local sect occupying the country villages round Hippo, in N. Africa, in and before the time of Au
- ABEROIUS('ABépxios, Aovépxios, ABlpxios, atc.), the reputed successor of Papias as bishop of Hierapolis, c. 160, is recorded to
- ABGARthe name of several kings of Edessa, who reigned, according to the chronology of the Chronicle of that city, at various
- ABGAR, LETTER OF[TsppEvs.]
- ABIBAS(written also Abibus). According to the story, the second and favourite son of Gamaliel, who in youth was a companionof
- ABILIUS(St.) CABiAu0s), the second bishop of Alexandria (after St. Mark), 86-96 A.D. According to one tradition he was ordained
- ABLABIUS(ABAdBu0s), often written Ablavius in Latin, a somewhat famous prefect of the praetorium, A.D. 326-337, under Constantin
- ABRAHAM, APOCALYPSE OFa book
- ABRANUS(St.), an Ivish missionary, one of the brothers of St. Tressanus who went as missionaries from Ireland to Reims, at the
- ABRASAX(ABpacaé, 'ABpatds). I. In the Basilidian system described by Irenaeus (101 f.) "the unbegotten Father" is the progenito
- ABRAXAS[Aprasax.]
- ABRESBishop of Seleucia and patriarch, was ordained at Antioch. He was a pupil of Mares and succeeded him. Bar Hebraeus relat
- ABSTINENTESSo Philastrius (Haer. 84) calls a sect in Gaul, Spain, and Aquitania, evidently meaning the Priscillianists (cf. Aug. Ha
- ABUNDIUSfourth Bishop of Como, 450- 469, a native of Thessalonica. He was present at. the Council of Constantinople, 450 (Labbe,
- ABURGIUS(ABodpyios), an old friend and fellow countryman of St. Basil (Zp. 33, 75, 147, 178, 196, 304). He was a person of high
- ACACIUS(Akdéxuos), also written ACATIUS and ACHATIUS in Latin.
- ACATIUS[Acactus.]
- ACCAthe fifth Bishop of Hexham (A.D. 709- 732), was a native of Northumbria and brought up in the household of Bosa, who-bec
- ACEMBES('Axeu Bs), of Carystus in Euboea, is named by Hippolytus (Haer. iv. 2; v. 13; x. 10); followed by Theodoret (Haer. Fab.
- ACEPHALI(from é@ and repaan, those without a head or a leader) is a term applied :— 1. To the bishops of the Oecumenical Council
- ACESIUS(Axéovos), "a bishop of the Novatian sect (@pnoxKelas)," invited by Constantine to the Council of Nicaea. After expressi
- ACHAa daughter of Ella, King of Deira, sister of Edwin, the first Christian king of Northumbria. She married Ethelfrith, who
- ACHATIUS[Acactus.]
- ACHEA(St.), of Kill-glais, near Ardagh, in Treland, the daughter of St. Darerca, sister of St. Patrick, in the 5th century. C
- ACHILLASCAyAaas). (1) Patriarch of ALEXANDRIA, A.D. 311-312. During the episcopate of Theonas (283-301) he was ordained pres- by
- ACHOLIUSbishop of Thessalonica (" ad summum sacerdotium a Macedonicis obsecratus populis, electus a sacerdotibus"; Ambros. Ep. x
- ACLEJAMin the Conflict of Adam and Eve (p. 68 Dillm.) is the twin-sister of Abel and wife. of Seth: further on she appears as L
- ACTA ANDREAE[Acts or Aposties,
- ACTA BARNABAE[Acts or APOSTLES,
- ACTA BARTHOLOMAEI[Acts oF
- ACTA ET MARTYRIUM MATTHAEI[Acts oF APOSTLES, p. 30.]
- ACTA MARTYRUM[Marryrum Acra.]
- ACTA MATTHAEL[Acts or APostLEs,
- ACTA PAULI[Acts or Apostuxs, p. 29.]
- ACTA PAULI ET THECLAE[Acts oF APOSTLES, p. 30.]
- ACTA PETRI[Acts or Apost3Es, p. 29.]
- ACTA PETRI ET PAULI[Acts or APOSTLES, p. 27.]
- ACTA PHILIPPI[Acts or APOSTLES,
- ACTA PILATI{Dicr. or BIBLE, art.
- ACTA SIMONIS ET JUDAE[Acts oF APOSTLES, p. 31.]
- ACTA THADDAEI[Acts or Apostizs,
- ACTA THOMAE[Acts or APOSTLES,
- ACTS OF THE APOSTLESAPOCRYPHAL.—Under the name of Acts or Deeds (ape tets, Acta, Actus), Circuits or Journeys (reptodax), and Martyrdom or C
- ACUANITAE[Acvas.]
- ACUAS(Akovas), an early teacher of Manicheism, who is said to have come from Mesopo- tamia, and introduced the heresy into Et
- ACYLAS[Aquina.] ACYLLINUS. [Aquizinvs.]
- ADALARIUS(Athalarius, Adelherius, Adelherus), a priest who accompanied St. Boniface in his expedition to Frisia in 754, and share
- ADALBERTa prince of the royal race of Northumbria, who devoted himself about the year A.D, 740 to missionary exertions in Hollan
- ADALGISILUSalso written Adelgisus, "Dux Palatii;" appointed in 632 guardian of Sigebert, King of Austrasia in his childhood. Act. S
- ADALGISUS(Teut. = noble pledge). (1) i. q. St. Grimo, abbat of Tholey, q. v.
- ADALGUDISco-founder with her husband Grimo in 697 of a nunnery at Limours dio. Paris (if this not Limeux dio. Bourges is Lemansum
- ADALHARD(ApDELHARD, ADELARD). (Teut.=nobly, stern). §. abbat of Corbie. His long life, 753-826, forms a link of connection betwe
- ADALONGUS(1) (or ADALoNUS, ABDALONGUS), Bishop of MARSEILLES, when that city was betrayed to the Saracens by Maurontus in
- ADALTRUDISwife of Nemfidius, Patrician, and joint-donor with him of some estates near Digne to the monastery of SS. Mary and Victo
- ADALWIN(Teut. = noble friend), abbot of St. Haimeranus, and 4th, or acc. to an ancient rhyme (in Mabill. Ann. ii. 160), 5th bis
- ADAM, BOOKS OF—ITHE Conriict or ADAM AND Eve. In 1853 Dillmann printed in the 5th vol. of Ewald's Jahrbiicher d. bibl. Wissenschaft a wo
- ADAMANTIUS.—1[OrnicEn.]
- ADAMANTUS[Apantus.] ADAMAS.—[OpuitEs.]
- ADAMNANan Irish name, the diminutive of Adam, and interpreted by Colgan Parvus Adam. (1) The first who is of record as so calle
- ADANTUS("Adayros), one of Manes' twelve disciples. (Petrus Siculus, Hist. Man. xvi.) Photius (Contra Man. i. 14) writes the nam
- ADAUTCUS(Jd) An Italian of noble family, who had been intendant of the imperial treasury (Rationalis), martyred under Dioclet
- ADDA(1) Son of Ida, king of Northumbria, succeeded his brother Glappa, as king of Bernicia in 559, and reigned eight years (
- ADDAS("AdSas, "Adas,) one of the three first disciples of Manes. According to the Acts of Archelaus he was originally sent to
- ADDIa "comes" or gesith, who possessed land in the neighbourhood of Beverley. One of his servants having recovered from a se
- ADECERDITAEproperly Hadecerditae, the name given by ' Praedestinatus' (i. 79) to a 'sect who said, according to Philastrius (Haer.
- ADELBERT[AvDEBERT].
- ADELOPHAGIthe name given by 'Praedestinatus' (i. 71) to a sect who, according to Philastrius (Aaer. 86), "did not eat their meat w
- ADELPHIUS(Adelfius) (1) A member ot the first Council of Arles 314; supposed to have been bishop of Lincoln. (Aug. Opp. ix. App.
- ADELPHUSchorepiscopus to Adolius, bishop of Arabissus, in the middle of the 5th century. He signed as proxy for his diocesan at
- ADEODATUS(1) A natural son of Augustine, of great promise (De Beata Vita, 6)—horrort miki erat illud ingeniwm, Augustine says—who
- ADIMANTUS(Adeciuavros), one of Manes' twelve disciples. Photius (Contra Man. i. 14) and Petrus Siculus (Hist. Man., xvi. "Adnuavt
- ADOLIAa wealthy matron of Antioch, an old friend and correspondent of Chrysostom. Her property was the cause of much anxiety a
- ADOPTIONISTS(Adoptiani, Adoptivi),* the followers of a Christological heresy in the age of Charles the Great, in Spain and Gaul, who
- ADRIANUSan alleged Bishop of St. Andrews, martyred by the Danes a.p. 874 (Bre- viar. Aberdon. March 4). (A. W. H.]
- AEDESIUSor HEDESIUS, M., a noble Lycian, brother of Apphianus, a student at Alexandria, where he was martyred by drowning about
- AEDESIUS and FRUMANTIUS[FrvMANTIUS. |
- AEDSINDor AEDSHIN (written also Adelphius, Aigiulphus), stated in the life of S. Foil- Janus to have been brother of Brendanus,
- AEINUS(Aeivous, Epiph. Haer. 1650, 1694 {Iven.] 1768; At@vos Hippol. Haer. vi. 30; Aenos Tert. Val. 8; Iven. 7 [s. q.]; nos ib
- AELIANBishop of SeLrnus, or TRAJANOPOLIS, in Isauria, present at the Council of Chal- cedon, 451, and signed its acts. (Labbe,
- AELIUS PUBLIUS JULIUSbishop of Debeltum, a colony in Thrace, towards the close of the second century, one of several bishops who attested by
- AELOAKUS[Exoaxus].
- AELURUS TIMOTHEUS[Timornevs.}
- AENEASof Gaza (Gazaeus), a Christian philosopher of the Neoplatonic school, a disciple of Hierocles of Alexandria, flourished
- AEONin the Valentinian and some later systems, is the name for the various subordinate heavenly powers evolved from the Supr
- AERIUS'Aépios, founder of the heretical sect of the AERIANS, c. 355, still living when Epiphanius wrote against heresies, 374-
- AETHELBERHT)\ _ AETHELFERTH, AETHELHARD,
- AETHELWALD, AETHELWIN, AETHELWOLDAETHELWALD, AETHELWIN, AETHELWOLD
- AETIUS(Aéruos), the founder and head of the strictest sect of Arianism, upon whom, on account of the boldness of his reasoning
- AETLAa pupil of 8, Hilda in the monastery of Whitby, who according to Bede became bishop of Dorchester. He is probably the sa
- AFRICANUSan imaginary writer on heresies referred to by " Praedestinatus " (i. heading and ¢. 83). (H.)
- AFRICANUS, JULIUS(Adpinavds), a Christian writer at the beginning of the 3rd century, twice called by Suidas Sextus Africanus (s. vv. "Ad
- AGAPEa Spanish lady, a disciple of Marcus of Memphis. From her and her own disciple Helpidius Priscillian received the rudime
- AGAPEH(Iren. 7, 135; Epiph. Haer. 165, 169). [V ALENTINUS. | [H.]
- AGAPETUSbishop of Rome, was, we are told, a Roman by birth, the son of Gordianus a priest (Anast. quoted by Clinton, Fasti Roman
- AGAPIUSbishop of CAESAREA, succeeded Theotecnus, towards the end of the 3rd century. He is praised by his contemporary Eusebius
- AGATHAa virgin martyred at Catana in Sicily under Decius a.D. 251, Feb. 5, according to her Acta; but under Diocletian accordi
- AGATHIASone of the most interesting and valuable of the Byzantine historians, whose history embraces a period of six years of th
- AGATHObishop of Rome; originally a Sicilian monk, succeeded Domnus, A.D. 678 (in June or July, Jaffé's Regesta Pontificum, p.
- AGATHOPUSClement of Alexandria (Strom. iii. § 59, p. 538) quotes Valentinus from "his epistle to Agathopus." I. Voss and others w
- AGELIUSappears to have been the immediate successor of Acesius, as bishop of the No- vatian body at Constantinople, a.p. 345, a
- AGENNETUS(Kren. 54: cf. 56), [VALENTINUS; EPIPHANES. | {H.]
- AGHERATUS(Iren. 6, 135; Epiph. Haer. 165, 169; cf. Auct. Val. ap. Epiph. 1688), [VaLEnTINUS. ] [H.]
- AGILor ST. AISLE (quem propter celeres motus infantiae Agilwm nominaverunt), was the son of Agnoald, councillor of Hildebert
- AGILBERTbishop of Dorchester and afterwards of Paris. He appears in Bede first as " pontifex quidam, natione Gallus," from which
- AGNESM., a virgin either 12 or 13 years old, beheaded at Rome under Diocletian, after vain efforts first made to overcome her
- AGNOEA(lren. 108). [BARBELIOTAE ; OPHITES. | [H.J
- AGNOETAE(CAyvonrat, from dyvoéw, to be ignorant of), is a name applied to two sects who denied the omniscience either of God the
- AGOBARD(in Lyonese dialect Agobaud), S., Archbishop of Lyons, holding a high rank in the intellectual and political movements o
- AGRICOLAmartyred with his slave Vitalis by crucifixion at Bologna (under Diocletian, according to a letter [55] falsely attribut
- AGRIPPA CASTOR(Aypirmas Kdorwp), an ecclesiastical writer who lived in the reign of Hadrian (about A.D. 135) described by Eusebius (A.
- AGRIPPINUSprobably praedecessor of Cyprian—his decessor Donatus—(Pearson, Ann. Cyp. A.D. 248). The interval is described by August
- AHIMNIUS(Auymnvs, AnymMus; 2 MSS. and August. de Bap. c. Don.), bishop of Ausuaga (Ausuagga) (Ausana, Ausagga, Vict. Vit. Fell.)
- AIDAN(ArpaAn), ST., Celtic Apostle of Northumbria, and first bishop of Lindisfarne, though his name is not included in the ol
- AIGRADUS(written ANGRADUS, Trithemius, Cave, &c.; also ANSGRADUS, ANSGARDUS), monk of Fontanelles (S. Vandrille), near Rouen
- AKIBA, BENJosEPH (S2'P}), RaBpi, was, according to tradition, a proselyte of Canaanitish race, and descended from Sisera. He was o
- ALARIC(Teut. prob.=Athalaric, " noble ruler"), general and king (398) of the Goths, the most civilized and merciful of the bar
- ALBANUS(1) The protomartyr ot Britain—if he ever existed (and the doubt may at least serve to signalize the remarkable pauci
- ALBERHT(1) King of East Anglia in 749. On the death of Elfwald he divided the kingdom with Hunbenna (Sim. Dun. M. H. B. 662),
- ALBINAdaughter-in-law of Melania, the friend of Ruffinus, and mother of St. Melania, a wealthy and devout Roman lady (Pall. Hi
- ALBINUS(1) An Englishman (Bede,
- ALBOINking of the Langobardi, or Lombards, and founder of the kingdom subject to that people in Italy, was the son of that Aud
- ALCHFLEDAa daughter of Oswin, king of Northumbria, by his wife Eanfleda. She married Peada, king of the Middle Angles, in 653, he
- ALCHFRITH(1) (Atcurrip, ALHFRID, ALUCHFRID, EALFRID, ALFRID, ALCFRID). Son of Oswiu, king of Northumbria. He married Cyniburga, d
- ALCHMUND() (AtKuunp, EALHMUND). The ninth bishop of HexHam; consecrated in 767 with archbishop Ethelberht of York, April 24, He
- ALCHREDking of Northumbria. He was son of Eanwin, a descendant of Ida, but not in the direct royal line. He succeeded Moll in 7
- ALCIBIADESof Apamea, a propagator of heretical doctrines and trafficker in professed spiritual powers, who found his way to Rome f
- ALCIMUS AVITUS[Avirus.]
- ALCUIN(Ealwine, Alchwin, Alchuin, Alquinus, Flaccus Albinus); Alcuine (V. 8. Willibrordi cap. xxxiv. "Carmiger indoctus cecini
- ALDBERHT(1) One of the bishops of Hast Anglia at the period at which the History of Bede closes.
- ALDEBERT, ELDEBERT, ADELBERTa celebrated impostor opposed by St. Boniface, condemned in the Council of Soissons in 744, and in that of Rome in 745.
- ALDEGUNDISS. (Teut. "noble war,") born in Hainault about the year 630. She was of noble stock, her father being St. Waibert or Gua
- ALDFRITHking of Northumbria. He was the son of Oswin; but as Bede (H. Z. iv. 26, Vita Cuthb. c. 24) calls him Nothus, his mother
- ALDHELMwas the son of Kenten or Kenter, a member of the royal family of Wessex. William of Malmesbury, whose life of Aldhelm is
- ALDHUONan abbot in Wessex, who wrote a letter to St. Boniface (Ep. 160, ed. Wiirdtwein), proposing mutual intercession in praye
- ALDULF(1) Son of Ethelhere, succeeded Ethelwald as king of the East Angles in 664. His mother, Hereswitha, was sister of St. H
- ALDWIN(1) Aldevini, brother of Ethel-win, bishop of Lindsey, and of abbess Ethelhild. He was abbot of Partney, in Lincolnshire
- ALETHEIA(Iren. 5 ff., 15, 52 f.; Epiph. Haer, 165-170) [VALENTINUS]: (Iren. 57) [PToLEMAEUS]: (Iren. 69 f., 73 f., 78) [Marcus]:
- ALEXANDER(St.), archbishop of ALEXANDRIA, appears to have come to that see in 313, after the short episcopate of Achillas. He was
- ALEXANDER, a VALENTINIANwith whom Tertullian enters into controversy on the Incarnation (De Carne Chr. 16 f.). [VALENTINUS.] Tertullian implies
- ALFWOLDor AELFUUALD, or OSWALD, king of Northumbria, who succeeded Ethelred in 779, was present at the Legatine Northumbrian Co
- ALHEARD(Ealheard, Alchardus, Algheard, Kalgheard), a bishop of Elmham, omitted in Florence's list, unless Hunferth the seventh
- ALHUN(Aelhun, Alfhun, <Aelfhun) the eighth bishop of Dunwich: became bishop about 790. He subscribed several charters of O
- ALLOGENES.—IRevelations of " Allogenes," as of Zoroaster and others, are mentioned by Porphyry (V. Plot. 16) as appealed to by the G
- ALOGIANSor ALOGI (from ¢ privative and Aéyos, deniers of the Logos, or at least of the strongest witness for the Logos; not from
- ALPHEIUSor ALYPIUS, bishop of ApaMEA in Syria Secunda, attended the Councils of Neocaesarea 315, Nicaea 325, and Antioch 341;
- ALRICson of Wihtred, king of Kent, left according to Bede, coheir with his brothers
- ALTOan Ivish missionary of illustrious family, who arrived in Bavaria about the year A.D. 743, He lived for some time as a h
- ALUBERHT(1) Consecrated to the bishopric of the Easr Saxons (Chron. Dunelm. MS.), or of the Old Saxons, in 767. Simeon of Durham
- ALUBERTan eminent Anglo-Saxon missionary, who went over from England and joined GreGorY, the pupil of St. Boniface, in the supe
- ALWIG(Aluic, Alwih, Alowiochus, Alwine, Alhuuig). The fifth bishop of the Lindisfari, or people of Lindsey ; consecrated by T
- ALYPIUSbishop of CAESAREA in Cappadocia, one of the metropolitans to whom the Emperor Leo wrote respecting the Council of Chalc
- AMANDUSa native of Herbayne, in Aquitania, and of noble parentage, was at an early period of his life dedicated to the monastic
- AMBROSIASTERor Psrupo-AmBRostvs, is the name generally employed to denote the unknown author of the Commentaria in xiii Epistolas be
- AMBROSIUS(ApBpédct0s). (1) of ALEXANDRIA, a deacon according to Jerome (de Vir. Til. 56), the disciple and friend of Origen, died
- AMBROSIUS AUTPERTUS[AutPERTUS. |
- AMEN(Hippol. Haer. vy. 26) [Justinus, Gnostic]: (Iren. 67 81) [Marcus, Gnost.]. [H.]
- AMETRITARthe name given by ' Praedestinatus' (i. 77) to a "sect" who according to Philastrius (Haer. 115) followed various philos
- AMMIANUS MARCELLINUSAuthorities ; II, Life; III]. Works and style; IV. Cha- ee and relation to Christianity ; V. Editions,
- AMMON(1) Bishop of ADRIANOPLE, in Thrace, was an Egyptian by birth. He attended the synod held at Constantinople a.p. 394 to
- AMMONIUSa presbyter, said by ' Praedestinatus' to have written against the Eunomians, Probably not the Alexandrine writer of the
- AMMONTUS SACCASNext to nothing is known of this philosopher. That he obtained his name of Saccas (=cakkopédpos) from having been a port
- AMOENUS PRUDENTIUSthe supposed author of an Enchiridion or Manual of the Old and New Tests., called also Dittochaeon or Diptychon, in 196
- AMOSbishop of JERUSALEM (called by Nicephorus NEAmMuS), succeeded John III. as 57th bishop, A.D. 594, According to Baronius,
- AMPHILOCHIUS(ST.), archbishop of IconrIuM.
- AMPHION(or ALERION, or AMPHITRION), bishop of EPIPHANIA in Cilicia Secunda, a confessor in the persecution of Maximin, attended
- AMPULLIANUSaccording to ' Praedestinatus' (i. 63), a " Bithynian heresiarch,' who taught that all the wicked with the devil and evi
- ANACLETUS[C.ETUus.]
- ANASTASIAan Illyrian matron, first tortured by her husband and then burned by the judge in the island of Palmaria (Baron. Dec. 25
- ANASTASIUSbishop of ANcyRA, one of the metropolitans to whom the Emperor Leo writes concerning the death of Proterius, A.D. 458. H
- ANATOLIUSbecame bishop of ConsTantINOPLE, 449 A.D,. through the influence of Dioscorus of Alexandria with Theodosius II., after t
- ANDIBERISa layman of Cyrus, to whom Theodoret wrote during his banishment, begging him to endeavour to retain a certain Peter, pr
- ANDREAS CAESARIENSIS[Areras.] ANDREAS CRETENSIS, so called from
- ANDREAS SAMOSATENSISso called from being bishop of Samosata at the time of the Council of Ephesus A.D. 431. Sickness prevented his attending
- ANDREW THE APOSTLE, ACTS OF{Acts or AposTLEs (Apocryphal), p. 30, a.]
- ANENCLETUS[CLErvs.]
- ANGELICIEpiphanius (Haer. lxx. 505 f.) had heard of a sect bearing this name, but. could obtain no further information. His conj
- ANGELOLATRYThe tendency to pass from the feeling of reverence and love to that of adoration, is at once recognised, and rebuked in
- ANGELSIt will be necessary briefly to recapitulate the belief which the Church inherited from the writings of the O. T., and y
- ANIANUS(called also Adrianus by Sozomen), presbyter of Antioch, was ordained bishop of that church at the turbulent council of
- ANICETUSbishop of Rome, stated in Eusebius's History (iv. 11) to have succeeded Pius in A.D. 157, in his Chronicle a year earlie
- ANNAking of the East Angles. He was the son of Eni, the brother of Redwald, and succeeded the kings Sigebert and Egric, who
- ANNE, STAnna (Heb. 1130, grace, or
- ANNIANUS(S1.), the first bishop of ALEXANDRIA, 63-86, said to have been appointed by St. Mark, after he had wrought a miracle up
- ANOMOEANS(from ayéuous, dissimilar), one of the appellations of the radical Arians who, in opposition to the Athanasian or Nicene
- ANONOMASTUS(Iven. 56: cf. 54). [VaLENTINUS; EPIPHANES. ] (H.]
- ANSOmonk and abbat of Laube, or Lobbes, in Belgium, and author of the lives of SS. Ursmar and Erminius, his predecessors, su
- ANTENORa Gallican bishop about 720, is known only as the biographer of St. Silvinus, bishop of Terouanne, who died probably in
- ANTEROSbishop of Rome; _ succeeded Bishop Pontianus November 21, a.D. 235 ("Ordinatus xi. Kal. Decembr. coss. Severo et Quin- t
- ANTHEMIUSa Byzantine official of high rank and character, one of the most celebrated and most highly commended magistrates of his
- ANTHEMUSbishop of Zorapassa (or Coropassus), on the borders of Isauria and Armenia Minor attended the Council of Nicaea. (Labbe,
- ANTHEONbishop of Arsinoe, fl. about A.D. 484, the author of a letter to Peter the Fuller, condemnatory of his additions to the
- ANTHIMUS(Trapezuntius) was raised from the see of Trapezus to the patriarchate of Constantinople, 535, A.D., through the influen
- ANTHROPIANIThis name occurs in three short lists of representative heresies in Latin authors (Cypr. Zp. 73 ad Jub. § 43 Lact. Inst.
- ANTHROPOLATRAE(Avépwrdrarpat), a nickname given by the Apollinarians (c. A.D. 371) to the Catholics, on the assumption that the union
- ANTHROPOMORPHITAE(AnrHroroMORPHISM), (&v@pwmos, man, and wopoh, form). Terms applied to those who ascribe to God human shape and form
- ANTHUSAChrysostom.
- ANTICHRIST.—1The word (Avtixpicros) appears for the first time in 1 John ii. 18, iv. 3. It must be noted, however, that the Apostle d
- ANTIDIKOMARIANITAE(Avridiropaptavirar = Adversaries of Mary, Zpiphan. Haer. Ixxxix.). The name given to those in Arabia in the latter part
- ANTIOCHUS(J) Bishop of Pronemais, flourished c. 401 A.D. The reputation he gained as a preacher in his provincial city awoke in h
- ANTIPATER(Avtimarpos) flourished about
- ANTITACTARThis name is given by Clement of Alexandria (Strom. iii. 526-9) to an ob- scure libertine sect, apparently of Gnostic or
- ANTITRINITARIANS[Monarcutans.]
- ANTONIANUSa bishop who wrote, A.D. 252, to Cyprian, to assure him of his adherence to him and to Cornelius against Novatian; but w
- ANTONINUSsurnamed Honoratus, by Gennadius (De Script. ¢. 95), a bishop of Constantia in Africa, fl. about A.D. 437, during the pe
- ANTONIUSbishop of Grrma in the province of the Hellespont. Instigated by Nestorius, he proceeded against the Macedonians with su
- ANUPH(St.) (Anub, or Nub), a monk of Scetis in the fourth century, brother of St. Poemen, (Tillemont, ec. Hist. vii. 192, dis
- ANYSIUSbishop of THEssaLonica, succeeded his master Ascholius, appointed his vicar in Illyria, by Pope Damasus, 383—an office c
- AORATUS(lren. 55 f.; cf. 54). [VALEN-
- APATOR(Iven. 24). [VALENTINUs.] [H.] APELLES, a Gnostic, the most famous and
- APELLESWee a curious passage printed in the early editions of Augustine's book On Heresies (24) as part of the article on the "
- APELLKESa monk and priest near Acoris in the Heptanomis in the fourth century. He had been a smith; and a legend, similar to tha
- APHRAATESa Persian martyr A.D. 345, but distinct from the writer and probably bishop of the same name, whose homilies Dr. Wright
- APHRODISIUSan imaginary bishop of " Hellespont," referred to by ' Praedestinatus " (i. 47). (H.] APHTHARSIA (Iren. 107 f.). [Opnire
- APHTHARTODOCETAE(from &@p@aptos, incorruptible, and Soréw, to think), a sect of the Monophysites, which arose in the 6th century. Th
- APHTHONIUS(A@@d10s), one of Manes' twelve disciples. The Greek form of abjuration (ap. Cotelier's Patres Apost. i. p. 544), Petrus
- APIONThe name is properly Egyptian (see Procop. Pers. i. 8; Ross. Inscr. fase. 2, p. 62) and derived from the god Apis, after
- APOCALYPSES(ApocrypHat). Abundant as is the literature of apocryphal Gospels and Acts produced in the first centuries of the Christ
- APOLINARISor APOLINARIUS CLAUDIUS (CAmoAwdpios: so spelt in the most ancient manuscripts of the Greek writers who refer to him; La
- APOLLINARIANISM, APOLLINA- -RIANS, APOLLINARISTS[See ApoxuiNARIS THE YOUNGER. ]
- APOLLINARIS(St. and Marr.), first bishop or archbishop of Ravenna, perhaps from 50-78. According to the life written by Agnellus in
- APOLLONIUSof Epuesvs, so called on the doubtful authority of the writer of Praedestinatus, edited by Sirmond, who styles him bisho
- APOLLOS(or -onius), Sr., a famous Egyptian monk of the 4th century. He embraced the monastic life when only fifteen years old,
- APOLOGISTSGeneral view of the Apologists and their work. Under this name are included the earlier Christian writers against Pag
- APOSTLESThe history of the Apostles after the New Testament period is given under _AcTS OF THE APOSTLES, APOCRYPHAL.
- APOSTOLIC FATHERSDefinition of the term. The adjective Apostolicus (amoorodtkds) is used to denote either morally or doctrinally accor
- APOSTOLICIone of the names adopted by an ascetic sect in Phrygia, Cilicia, and Pamphylia. Their leading principle seems to have be
- APOSTOLORUM ACTA[Acts oF THE APOSTLES. }
- APOTACTICI[Aposrotict.] APOTACTITAE. [MAnzEs.]
- APPHIANUSor APPIANUS, or AMPHIANUS, M., a son of rich parents at " Pagae" (probably Araxas) in Lycia, educated in the schools of
- APPION[Arron.]
- APRINGIUSbishop of Cuatcis in Syria Prima, a leading member of the Eastern party at the Council of Ephesus, 431, who supported Jo
- AQUILA(AxvaAas), the author of a translation of the Old Testament into Greek, which was held in much esteem by the Jews and wa
- AQUILINUSa Gnostic contemporary with Plotinus (Porph. V. Plot. 16); otherwise unknown. [H.]
- AQUILIUS SEVERUS([Srvervs.]
- ARAJ3)), a Syrian author of unknown age,
- ARABIANUS(?ApaBiavds), a Christian writer, who lived at the end of the 2nd century. Eusebius has mentioned his name (ZH. L. v. 27
- ARABICIthe name given by Augustine (Haer. 83) to an " Arabian" sect of the 3rd century, described by Eusebius (Hl. #. vi. 37).
- ARATORthe author of a Latin hexameter poem in two books, entitled Historia Apostolica ex Lucd expressa, was a native of Liguri
- ARCAPH[Arsanasivs, p. 185, a.]
- ARCHE(lren. 55: ef. 54), [VALENTINUS; EPIPHANES. | (H.]
- ARCHELAUSa bishop of CancHAR or CASCHAR in Mesopotamia, who is said to have held a disputation with the heresiarch Manes, during
- ARCHONRuler, a term of frequent occurrence in Gnostic mythologies to denote various heavenly powers superior 'to angels. They
- ARCHONTICIUnder this name Epiphanius (Haer. xl. 291-299; cf. 389 a) describes a sect of the 4th century, evidently a branch of the
- ARCULFa Gallican bishop, distinguished for intelligence and aceuracy among the travellers of the middle ages. Adamnan, abbot o
- ARDESIANES(Hipp. Haer. vi. 35), evi-
- ARETHASbishop of Caesarea in Cappadocia, and ANDREAS an earlier archbishop of the same see, are so intimately associated as com
- ARIANISMone of the most powerful and tenacious heresies in the history of the Church, so called from Arius (Apesos), a presbyter
- ARIELin the Gnostic book Pistis Sophia (255 f., 380, 383 f.), presides over the fiery
- ARINTHAEUSa general under Valens, with whom St. Basil corresponds, and from whom he seeks protection for a friend in difficulty (Z
- ARISTIANone of the "elders " from whom Papias [Papras] professed to have derived tradi~
- ARISTIDESan early Christian writer, who, like his contemporary Quadratus, presented to the emperor Hadrian about A.D. 133 an Apol
- ARISTOmentioned by Lucianus (Cyp. Ep. 22), last of the group of martyrs imprisoned with
- ARISTO PELLAKUSthe supposed author of a lost dialogue between Papiscus and Jason, is mentioned by three ancient authors, the first of w
- ARISTOCRITUSa Manichean author, of
- ARIUS("Apeuos), the father of Arianism, was born about the middle of the 3rd century (256) in Libya, according to other accou
- ARIUTHin the Gnostic book Pistis Sophia (867 f.), a female "archon" presiding over the "second" place of punishment, in form a
- ARMAGILone of the potent names said by Jerome (Zp. Ixxv. 3) to have been current among the " Basilidians" of Spain in the 4th c
- ARMENIANSThe early history of Christianity in Armenia presents, in some respects, a remarkable parallel to that of our own countr
- ARNOBIUS(commonly knuwn as ARNOBIUS ]
- ARNULFUSlater, and less accurately, ARNULPHUS (Fr. Arnoul), Sr., bishop of Metz, and founder of the second or Carolingian race o
- ARRHENIUS(Afpffvios) appears in Socrates, H. H. ii, 45, as the bishop intruded into. the see of Jerusalem after the second deposi
- ARRHETUS(lren. 55 f.) [VALENTINUS]: (ib. 54) [EPIPHANES]: (db. 74) [Marcus, Gnostic. ] [H.]
- ARSACIUSthe intruding archbishop of Constantinople, after the violent expulsion of Chrysostom (A.D. 404). He was the brother of
- ARSENIUScalled the Great, one of the most famous of the monks of Egypt. He was of high Roman family ; born probably in 354. By o
- ARSESIUS(Arsisius) a monk of Nitria, contemporary, but survivor of, St. Antony (Pall. Hist. Laus. 7, 117). He is styled "great"
- ARSINOUSNear the end of the Muratorian fragment on the Canon we read Arsinot autem seu Valentini vel Mitiades (Miltiadis) nihil
- ARTEMIUSor ARTHEMIUS, Martyr, a "Praefectus Augustalis,' put to death as a martyz by Julian the Apostate (enol. Oct. 20), but
- ARTEMON, ARTEMONITESbelong to that class of ante-Nicene Monarchians, or Antitrinitarians, who saw in Christ a mere man filled with divine po
- ARVALDUSa king of the Isle of Wight, whose sons having been captured by the king ot Wessex at a place called Ad Lapidem, probabl
- ASCLEPASor AESCULAPIUS, bishop ot GAZA, warmly advocated the Nicene faith in the - council of Tyre, A.D. 535, and was deposed by
- ASCLEPIADESsucceeded Serapion as ninth bishop of Antioch, and sat from A.D. 203 to A.D. 218 (Clinton, /. &.). Eusebius mentions
- ASCLEPIUSa Marcionist bishop, suffered martyrdom by fire at Caesarea in Palestine Jan. 11, 308 or 9, in the persecution begun by
- ASENETH, HISTORY OFThe Life and Confession of Asencth daughter of Pentephres of Heliopolis ('Potipherah . . . of On,' A. V. Gen. xli. 45, 5
- ASPHALIUSa presbyter of Antioch, and a zealous adherent of the heretic Aetius, who was deputed by Eudoxius, after he had taken fo
- ASTAPHAEUSAdstaphacus, Astanphaeus or Astaphius, a personage in the Ophite mythology (Iren. 109, 1115 Orig. cont. Cels. vi. 31 f.)
- ASTARTHor Astoriane, the legendary prother of Melchisedek according to " some"
- ASTERIUS(1) A bishop of ARABra (called bishop of Petra, Tomus ad Antioch. § 10) accompanied the Eusebians to the Council of Sard
- ASTERIUS URBANUSa writer in the Montanist controversy of the 2nd century. He is only known by a reference to a Adyos kata 'Aorépioyv Ovp
- ASTORIANE[Asrartu.]
- ASUAM[Avay.]
- ATARBIUSbishop of Nrocarsarpa. He was apparently a relation of St. Basil (Zp. 210), but there had been an estrangement between t
- ATHANASIUS(Sr.), Archbishop of Alexandria. The materials for the biography of this great prelate may be thus described :—(1.) His
- ATHENAGORAS.—IJife. There is scarcely one catalogue of the ancient writers of the Church, wherein we find mention of Athenagoras or hi
- ATHENODORUSMartyr, a brother of Gregory Thaumaturgus and (with him) a pupil of Origen, a bishop who joined his brother in withstand
- ATHENOGENESfl. about a.p. 196, a martyr contemporary with Clement of Alexandria, mentioned by St. Basil (De Spiritu Sancto, c. 29).
- ATHINGANI[Pavticrans.] ATLAS. [Maves.] ATTICUS, archbishop of Constantinople, suc-
- ATTILA(Artiaas: Teut. Etzel, Hung. Ethela, Scand. Atli, Angl.-Sax. Atla), king and general of the Huns. The principal facts of
- AUDITORES[Manss.] AUDIUS or AUDARUS, the founder of an
- AUDOENUSformerly called DADO, S. (St. Ouen, or Ouein), son of Autharius and Aiga, brother of St. Ado, who shared with him the bl
- AUDOMARor as he was afterwards called St. OmeR, was the only son of a noble of the neighbourhood of Constance in Alemannia. Sho
- AUDUBALDSee Eapbaup. Baed. H. £. Hb Os able
- AUGENDUSa Carthaginian (Cyp. Ep. 41), who joined against Cyprian in the faction of Felicissimus. In Zp. 42 he is excommunicated
- AUGULUS, AUGURIUSor AUGUSTUS, M., an alleged martyr in Britain, bishop of Augusta or London, under Diocletian (Martyrol. Feb. 6). [A. W.
- AUGUSTINUS, AURELIUS, STwas born, Nov. 13, a.D. 354, at Tagaste (Tajelt), a town of Numidia. His parents were of humble origin. His father, Patr
- AUGUSTINUS, STarchbishop of Canterbury. 1. Authorities. The authentic materials for the life of the first archbishop of Canterbury are
- AUNARIUSor AUNACHARIUS, S., bishop of Auxerre, early in the 7th century. Commemorated on September 25. He was of high birth, and
- AURELIANa.v. 270-275. The few facts which connect the name of this emperor with the history of the Christian Church are as follo
- AURELIUSMartyrs. (1) A reader, and confessor, at Carthage under St. Cyprian, who it appears could not write (Cypr. Epist. xxxvii
- AUSONIUS, DECIMUS* MAGNUSwas the son of Julius Ausonius, a physician of Cossium (Bazas), in Aquitania (Aus. Jdyil. ii. 2), a man eminent for his
- AUTHADEIA(Iren. 108) [Opurres]. [H.]
- AUTOGENES(Iren. 108) [Opurrrs]. [H.]
- AUTOPHYES(lren. 165, [auct. Val.] 169) [V ALENTINUS]. [H.]
- AUTPERTUS(Amprostus), a distinguished monk and abbot of the Benedictine Order, born in France, probably early in the' 8th century
- AUXENTIUSa bishop of Mopsursria in A.D. 360, by whom the heretic Aetius was hospitably received on his banishment (Philost. H, E.
- AUXILIUSbishop of Carruaan, at the beginning of the 5th century. Chrysostom wrote to him from Cucusus, A.D, 406, commending the
- AVIDAthe name of the antagonist in the Dialogue on Fate ascribed to Bardeisan (Cure-ton's Spicdleg. Syr. 1-15). It is written
- AVITUS, ALCIMUS ECDICIUSson of Isicius or Hesychius, Archbishop of Vienne in Narbonian Gaul, was born about the middle ot the 5th century. His f
- AXIONICUSone of the "Eastern" school of Valentinians, coupled with Bardeisan ('Apdno.ayns) by Hippolytus (Haer. vi. 35). Early in
- AZADANES and AZADESMartyrs, a deacon and a eunuch, martyred in Persia under Sapor II. c. A.D, 341 (Sozom. ii. 11; M€enolog. April 14; Assem
- AZAZELIn some verses by a Catholic writer quoted by Irenaeus (80) the Gnostic Mar-