- CABADESCabat, Coades, Cobad, are sundry representations of a name borne by a Persian king, spelt on his coins IND (Covad), and
- CABBALAH(bap) or Kapparan and CABBALISTS or Kaxppauisrs. By the first term is meant that famous system of religious philosophy o
- CADAN[Caran.]
- CADAR(Capoc), third archbishop of London in British times, in the list compiled by Jucelin of Furness in the 12th century. He
- CADDA(1) (Ceappa, Cub), grandfather of Caedwalla, king of the West Saxons (A. S. C. an. 685). The reading Ceadda in two MSS.
- CADELLking of Powys. [CATELL.]
- CADEOLDUS(Epatpus), St., bishop of Vienne. Originally a monk, he became abbat of Grison and finally bishop of Vienne. He died in
- CADFAN(1), a Celtic saint of the 6th century, of good birth in Armorica, who crossed over into Wales at the head of a large co
- CADFARCHWelsh saint about the middle of the 6th century, founder of the churches of Penegos in Montgomeryshire and Abererch in
- CADGYFARCHearly Welsh saint. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 102.) [CSE
- CADIOCENUS(THapiocenvs, THADIACUS), a supposed archbishop of York who retired into Wales a.p. 586. (Stubbs, Regist. 153.) [C. H.]
- CADO(Caraw), Welsh saint of the 6th cen-
- CADOGWelsh saint of the 5th century, founder of Llangadog Fawr church in Carmarthenshire, and others; not to be confounded wi
- CADRODreputed Welsh saint of the 6th century. (Rees, Welsh Saints, 270.) (C. H.]
- CADUANUS(Ann. Eccles. Menev. in Wharton, Angi. Sac. I. xxxi.; Diceto, de Reg. Brit., Gale, xv. Scriptt. 559), duke or king of Ve
- CADUCIUSa rich gentleman in Gaul, whose bailiffs at Capua turned an old presbyter named
- CADWALA(Alcuin, de Pontiff. Hbor. v. 262, Gale, xv. Scriptt. 707); CADWALADER, -DRUS, -LLADRUS (Brut y Tywysog. trr. Williams,
- CADWALLA(Bede, H. Z. iv. 12, ed. Giles), king of Wessex. [CAEDWALLA (2).] [C. H.]
- CADWRSth metropolitan of Caerleon as given in the Zolo Manuscripts. (Stubbs, Reg. Sac. 154.) {C. H.]
- CAECILIA(2) Martyr at Carthage with DAtTIVUs, in A.D. 304. LE. B. B.)
- CAECILIANUSJerome says that Cyprian was converted '*suadente presbytero Caeci- lio, a quo et cognomentum sortitus est," and th
- CAECILIUS[CarE..a.]
- CAEDUAL(Bede, H. F. v. 7, edd. Smith, M. H. B., Stevenson, Moberly); CAEDUALD (Ibid. v. 24); CAEDUALLA (Ibid. iv. 12, 15; v. 7,
- CAEDUALLA(Bede, H. £. ii. 20, edd. Smith, M. H. B., Stevenson, Moberly), king of the Britons. [CAEDWALLA (1).] (C. H.]
- CAEDWALLA(1), a British king, who with Penda, king of Mercia, rebelled against Edwin, king of Northumbria, and slew him ina great
- CAEILFHINN([Car.uaryn.]
- CAELANOn this diminutive of Cael see Colgan (Zr. Thaum. 379, n. 78, 596, col. 2). There are several saints of this name, in th
- CAELESTIACUSsenator of Carthage, driven from Africa by the Vandals in A.D. 439, on whose behalf Theodoret wrote to Apellio, to Aecri
- CAELESTIS, STconfessor and bishop. He was bishop of Metz in Lotharingia at the beginning of the 4th century, and is supposed to have
- CAELESTIUS(1), one of the chief presbyters of Carthage — Botrus was the other — who summoned the neighbouring bishops and those of
- CAELIANUSnot Caecilius nor Caecilianus, is the MS. form of the name of the preceptor of Diadymenus, son of Macrinus, and there is
- CAELICOLAE([CoELIcOLAE.]
- CAELINor CELIN (J), brother of bishops Cedda and Ceadda, a priest in the household of Aethelwold, king of Deira. He is mention
- CAELLAINN(Carruruinn).—Feb. 3. She was daughter of Cael, son of Fionnchadh, of the race of Ciar, descended from Rudhraidhe, monar
- CAEMGHENor St. Kevin, of Glendalough, June 3. [CozMGEN.] [J. GJ
- CAEMH(Caormuer)—At April 4, Mart. Doneg. has "Caemh, virgin, of Cill-Caoimhe," and Mart. Tallaght "Coine, Cilli-Coine." Again
- CAEMHANUnder the form Caemhan, Caiman, Coeman, Cayman, Coemhoc, Mochoemoc, this name is of frequent occurrence among the saints
- CAEMHLACH(Camutacus), of Rathain —Nov. 3. He was one of the bishops, of the first class, ordained by St. Patrick, and his house w
- CAERLAN(Carruayn), bishop of Armagh— March 24, A short memoir of this saint is given by Colgan (Acta SS. 744), which seems to c
- CAESARbishop of Dyrrhachium, is given by Dorotheus as one of the 70, and is said to be mentioned by Paul, on the strength of t
- CAESAREUSdeacon, mentioned in Bede's Martyrology (ad Nov. 24) as suffering in the persecution of Maximian with Largus and Smaragd
- CAESARIA(1), or CAESARIUS (MSS. vary), had consulted St, Basil to know whether it were lawful and expedient to partake of the eu
- CAESARIUS(1) A deacon from Africa, martyred with the presbyter Julianus, at Terracina, in Campania, where he was seized while pre
- CAETI(Caoipr, Corppi, CAIDEUS, CAIpocus, Cert). — Oct. 24. The Mart. Doney. gives two entries of saints under these names at
- CAFFO AB CAWWelsh saint of the 6th century, patron of Llangafto, a chapel under Llangeinwen in Anglesey (Kees, Welsh Saints, 227; E.
- CAIANWelsh saint of the 5th century, patron of Tregaian, a chapel under Llangefui in Anglesey ; commemorated on Sept. 25 (Ree
- CAIANI[Carnires.] CAIANUS. ([Garanus, Carus (10).j
- CAIDOCUSapostle of the Morini—Jan. 24. Of this saint there is a short memoir by Colgan (Acta SS. 161, quoting from Alcuin's Life
- CAILA[Cart (2).]
- CAILCONIrish saint. [Conca (5).]
- CAILTANis mentioned by St. Adamnan (St. doctrines of the sect, but gives them no title.
- CAINNECH(Canicus, Canice). (1) Jan. 23. Colgan thinks this may be the St. Cannechus, who was baptized by St. Patrick, became " p
- CAINNER(Cainper, CANNERA, CINNERA, CUNNERA, KENNERE), (1) Jan. 28. Mart. Doneg. calls her daughter of Cruithneachan, at Cill-Ch
- CAIREACHDERGAIN.—Feb. 9. She was sister of St. Enna, of Arran, in Galway Bay, and of the race of Colla-da-chrioch and family of
- CAIRELL(Caretius )— June 13. On this day Martt. Doneg. and Tallaght put Cairell bishop of Tir-Rois, and the former adds from th
- CAIRLAN[Carrvay. ] CAIRNECH. (1) One of this name (written
- CAIRNECH(2) B.—March 28. His father was Saran and his mother Pompa or Bebona: the former belonged to the race of Colla-da-Crioch
- CAIRPRE(Carpreus, CorpReus). There were several Irish saints of this name, but most of them are very obscure, such as Cairpre,
- CAISSIN([Cassan.]
- CAIUSThe reign of this emperor (A.D. 37-41), better known by the sodriquet of Caligula, had perhaps an indirect influenc
- CALAMANDAvirgin martyr, honoured Feb. 5 at Calaffa in the diocese of Vico in Spain, of whose history nothing is known (Till. v. 5
- CALANDIOor CALENDIO (Kaaavdtwy), succeeded Stephen II. as bishop of Antioch, A.D. 481. There is no doubt that he owed his promot
- CALAPATAUROTHan archon placed to guard the mysterious book of Jeti, written by Enoch in paradise [PisTis SOPHIA, p. 354].
- CALDONIUSbp. of unknown African see; discreet man, well-read in Scripture (Cyp. Zp. 25); much trusted by Cyprian. He was not a we
- CALEMERUSdeacon of Antioch at the Council of Alexandria in A.D. 362 (Tillem. viii. 206, Ath. Zp. Cone, Alex. de Eccl, Ant.).
- CALENDIO. CANDIDIANUS(CALANDIO,
- CALEPODIUS(1), Roman presbyter, made the cemetery three miles from Rome on the Aurelian way, in which, instead of in his own cemet
- CALESbishop in Hermethe. His name was on the list handed over by Meletius to ALEXANDER. [E. B. B.}
- CALETRICUS, STconfessor and bishop of Chartres. This saint was present at the third council of Paris in 557, and also took part in the
- CALIBIUSCalidius or Claudius Saturninus, or Saturianus and Calibius the younger, surnamed Gratianus, were successively curators
- CALIGULA([Catus (1).]
- CALINICUSmartyr at Apollonia in the reign of Decius; commemorated on Jan. 28 (Usuard, Mart.). [C. H.]
- CALIPPUSa deacon represented as the bearer of the spurious correspondence between Sabinus and Polybius (Vita Hpiphani, ana 33
- CALLICRATES(1) Macedonian, bishop of Claudiopolis in Pontus, joined in petitioning Jovian against the Arians. (Socr. ili. 2, 5; Til
- CALLIGONUSeunuch and chamberlain to Valentinian IL, insulted Ambrose, A.D. 385, as that father relates in a letter to his sister (
- CALLINICE[Consrantinus SiLvanus, PAUL OF SAMOSATA].
- CALLINICUS(1) A Greek sophist and rhetorician, usually assigned to the reign of Gallienus (A.D. 259-268). Among the works ascribed
- CALLIOPIUSa Pamphylian, brought before Numerius Maximus, and scourged and crucified on Good Friday, April 7, A.D. 304. His mother
- CALLISTA(1) and CHRISTA. [The names are also written Calliste ; and Christe, Christina, Christiana, Christena, Christela, Caeles
- CALLISTHENEdaughter of Adauctus,
- CALLISTHENESa layman of Cappadocia, to whom Basil wrote on behalf of the slaves of a certain Eustochius who had aided their master i
- CALLISTIOaddressed by Rhodo in his book against the Marcionites (Eus. H. #. vy. 13). Caspere remarks that this Callistio was prob
- CALLISTRATUS(1) Father of the successor of Basil of Amasea, (Tillem. v. 517.)
- CALLISTUSq. formosissimus ; later spelt Calistus, but Calixtus first in the 11th century, Bunsen's Hippolytus, i. 131, no
- CALLWENWelsh saint of the 6th century, patroness of a church in the parish of Defynog in Brecknockshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, 15
- CALMAIG[Cotman (20) of Druim-mér or Dromore. }
- CALMINIUS, STThis person is commonly known by the French as St. Carméry, or St. Calméle. Both Carméry and Calméle are said to have fo
- CALOCAERIUS(2) Said: to have been deputy and successor of APOLLINARIS at Ravenna, and to have held the see from the time of Vespasi
- CALOGERIUSbishop of Claudiopolis, in Pontus, at the council of A.D. 449, at Ephesus ; was represented by a deputy. (Tillem. xv. 55
- CALOPODIUSeunuch and _ presbyter, Kutychian, deposed by Anatolius a.p. 451 (Labbe, Cone. iv. 521; Tillem, xv. 637). One Calopodius
- CALOSYRIUSa suffragan of Cyril of Alexandria, who writes to him about A.D. 444, a letter to be read in all the monasteries of his
- CALPHURNIUSSee Macarius. (Cyp. Epp. 21, 22.) [E. W. B.j
- CALPURNIUS(1) Father of Pope PonTIANUS.
- CALUPPANUS, STBorn in the year 527, this saint in his early years lived at the monastery of Incla, where he was especially noted for h
- CALVINUS, CALWINUSa presbyter addressed by Alcuin in two letters, dated respectively, in the edition of Frobenius, circ. A.D. 797 and A.D.
- CAMERUSordained deacon by Polycarp, succeeded Papirius in the see of Smyrna, according to Metaphrastes. (Till. ii. 372.) [E. B.
- CAMILLA(1), ST., of Auxerre, went with St. Germanus to Ravenna, but is said to have died on the return journey in the year 437
- CAMILLIANUS, STconfessor and bishop of Troyes. Is supposed to have died in the year 525 or 536, but the precise date is not known. He w
- CAMILLUS(1) Presbyter of Genoa, who consulted St. Prosper respecting some propositions of Augustine on predestination, after tha
- CAMMARCHWelsh saint of the 6th cen:
- CAMPANTIANUScorrespondent of Sidonius (Zp. i. 10, p. 24), He had recommended the prefect of the granaries to Sidonius, who was prefe
- CAMPITAEMontenses, or RUPITANI, a small congregation of Donatists at Rome, mentioned by Jerome, Optatus, and Augustine. Optatus
- CAMULACUS([CaEmuuaca.]
- CANACARES(Photius, cf. Fabricius, Babi. Gr. vii. 318), or CANACARIUS. ([ConsranTINUS SILVANUS. ]
- CANDIDA(Cyp. Epp. xxi. xxii.) See CELERINUS. [E. W. B.]
- CANDIDIANUS(J) Son of Galerius, adopted by Valeria, daughter of Diocletian, put to death by Licinius. (Lact. de Mort. Pers. 50; De
- CANDIDUS(1), author of a work on the Hexameron, of which mention is made by Eusebius (HZ. #. v. 27). He is classed by him among
- CANFRIDUSbishop, first in the list of Glastonbury monks who were advanced to the episcopate. He died A.D. 782 (Malm. Antig. Glast
- CANGITHA(Bonif. Zp. 30, ed. Wiirdtwein ; Ibid. Migne, Patrol. tom. Ixxxix. 726), abbess, mother of Eadburga or Bugga. [EANGYTH.]
- CANIDESa hermit in the time of Theodosius the Great, was son of Theodotus. As soon as he was baptized he ran away to a little g
- CANINIUSMentioned by St. Jerome as sent by him with his letter (74, ed. Vall.) from Bethlehem to Ruffinus, a presbyter, probably
- CANISTAE(Kamora), enumerated by Theodoret (Haer. Fab. i. 1) in a list of short-lived heretical sects, the origin of which he asc
- CANNAWelsh saint of the 6th century, from Armorica, reputed founder of Llanganna or Llangan in Glamorganshire, and of Llangan
- CANNATUS, STis commemorated on the same day with St. Antoninus, and was like him bishop of Marseilles. He was born at Aix, and becam
- CANNERA[CAINNER.]
- CANOC(Conoc). Abbat and confessor, He is also called Mochonoc, the syllable Mo being added, as Colgan says of such cases, " h
- CANTIANILLA, CANTIANUS, and CANTIUSmartyrs at Aquileia, in the beginning of the Diocletian persecution, May 31 (Acta SS. May, vii. 420). [E. B. B.]
- CANTIGERN[KENvTIGERN.]
- CAOIDE[Caert.]
- CAOL[Cart (2).]
- CAOMHAN[CarEmMHAN (8).]
- CAORNAN[CAERNAN.]
- CAPAXbishop at the 2nd council of Rome A.D. 344 (Labbe, Cone. i. 1545). [E. B. B.]
- CAPELLA(1), CAECILIUS, mentioned by Tertullian as one among other instances of governors who in their last moments had painful
- CAPITANImartyrs commemorated early in November in the calendar of Carthage.
- CAPITO(1), 25th bishop of Jerusalem. His death is placed by Eusebius, in the Chronicon, in the consulship of Maternus and Brad
- CAPITOLINAmartyr of Cappadocia, confessed that her home was Jerusalem on higt., her fathers the teachers of the Christians, among
- CAPITOLINUSvicar of Thrace under Julian, put St. Aemilian to death (Tillem, vii. 354; De Brogl. iv. 183).
- CAPPILLATUS CATELLUSA Christian at Rome, A.D. 303. (Cone. Labbe, i. 939, 940; ef. 1545.) [E. B. B.]
- CAPRASIUS(1) Martyr at Agen, in Aquitaine, in the time of Diocletian, had been beloved by all in the town, where a healing founta
- CAPREOLUSbishop of Carthage, is known to history in connexion with the council of Ephesus, A.D. 431. The whole of Africa, at that
- CAPSURMoorish king under Genseric, A.D. 455 (Victor Vitensis, Pers. Vand. i. p. 9; Patrol. Iviii. 195). ; [E. B. B.]
- CAPUANUSpresbyter at the council of
- CARACALLAthe nickname of M. Aurelius Severus Antoninus Bassianus, son of Lucius Septimius Severus, born April 4, A.D. 188, declar
- CARADOC(Brut y Tywys.), CARATAUG (Annal. Cambr.), king of Gwynedd or Guenedota, slain by the Saxons, A.D. 798 (MZ. H. B. pp. 83
- CARANbishop and confessor; commemorated Dec. 23. The St, Caran who, according to the Breviary of Aberdeen, was a bishop and c
- CARANTOCUS, CARANNOG(Rees, Welsh Suints, 209; Montal. Monks of the West, iii. 80.) [CatRNEcH (38).] [C. H.]
- CARAUNUSa corruption of Ceraunus, the name of a boy-martyr at Rome, to whom Fulbert
- CARBHAS[Pavricrans.]
- CARCADIUSbishop of Maxula, in the province of Africa, at the synod of Carthage, Feb. 1, A.D. 484, banished to Corsica (Conc. Labb
- CARCAMENOS(Kapkauevés), one of the twelve "maternal" angels in the system of
- CARCHEDONIUSof Subsana, priest or bishop, rebuked and excused by Augustine, Epp. 62 (241), 63 (240). [E. B. B.]
- CARDAMASslave of Paulinus, given to "buffoonery and drinking, and sent to Amandus. There he became reformed, and was made an ecc
- CARDENThe churches of Kilmalie, now Golspie, and of Loth, in Sutherlandshire, were dedicated to one known as St. Carden, and t
- CARELLUSmartyr with Primulus at Caesarea in Cappadocia. May 29 (Mart. Hieron.).
- CARENTIUSor CORENTINUS (1),
- CARENTOCUS[CarRNeEcH (3).]
- CARIATTO(CHariarxo.]
- CARIBERT[Cuariserr.]
- CARILEFUS, ST(Calais or Calas). This saint was born in the territory of Auvergne of noble parents, and entered a monastery at Miscy,
- CARINUS[Numerranus; SEBASTIANUS. ]
- CARIOan Egyptian in the 4th century, who left his wife and two children to retire to a hermitage at Sceté. His story, in whic
- CARISSIMUSbishop of Gisipa in Africa, banished by Hunneric a.p. 484 (Labbe, Conc. iv. 1142). [E. B. B.]
- CARITANof Druimlara— Mar. 7. He is placed by the Martyrologies on this day, and Colgan (Acta SS. 510) gives an account of his l
- CARITASCharity with her virgin sisters, Faith and Hope, and their mother Wisdom, seem to have been the names of real martyrs. T
- CARITOSUSbishop at the councils of Sinuessa, A.D. 303, and Rome A.D. 324 (Labbe, Cone. i. 989, 1545). [E. B. B.]
- CARLOVINGIAN BOOKS[Carozinr Lrprt. |
- CARNASthe Cappharodite, was a soldier in | be adequately described as a "Capitulare,"
- CARONearly Welsh saint, patron of Tregaron in Cardiganshire; commemorated on March 5 (Rees, Welsh Saints, 306). [C. H.]
- CAROSAdaughter of the emperor Valens. Marcian, the Novatian, a military man and man of letters and piety, was grammar master t
- CAROSSAthe traditional name of Manes's mother, cursed in the anathemas which converts from Manicheanism had to subscribe before
- CAROSUS(1). [CaruLinus.]
- CARPHACASEMEOCHEIR(Kapgaxracnfeoxetp), one of the heavenly powers in the sys- tem of the PERATAE. (Hippol. Ref. v. 14.)
- CARPIANUSthe brother to whom Eusebius addressed his scheme of Canons for a har- mony of the Gospels. (Kus. iv. 1275.)
- CARPILIOwitness of the apostasy of Mar-
- CARPIONa Valentinian, who was preaching in the time of Nilus (Zp. 234, p. 167, Migne). (H.]
- CARPISTESIn the system of VALEN-
- CARPOCRATES(Kaproxpdrns, Irenaeus; Kaprroxpas, Epiphanius and Philaster ; most probably deriving this form from their common source
- CARPONESpresbyter of Alexandria. At first a rival preacher to Arius (Epiph. 69. 2),
- CARPULIANUS([Carpryianus.]
- CARPUS(1), a bishop of the time of the apostles (see bible Dictionary), of whom Nilus (lib. ii. Zp. 190) tells Olympius the fo
- CARSADANthe name given to one of the three kings. [ConFLicT or ADAM, sub fin. ] [G. S.J CARTERIA, Martyrs of, in Africa, commemo
- CARTERIAa wealthy lady at Antioch, a friend and correspondent of Chrysostom, to whom her ill health and repeated sicknesses caus
- CARTERIUS(1). [Pameuitus.]
- CARTHACH(2) Commemorated May 14. St. Carthach the younger, or Mochuda, is one of the most noted saints in the beginning of the 7
- CASDOEmartyr in Persia, daughter of king Sapor, celebrated by the Greeks Sept. 29 according to Tillemont (vii. 663), but the s
- CASINAtaken before Julian, probably the uncle of the emperor of that name, at Ancyra, with her husband Melasippus. Their son A
- CASSAN(Caisstn, CassIDANUS, CAssIDUS). Colgan says Cassan was a common name among the saints of Ireland; he mentions four, who
- CASSIANUS(1) The second Gentile bishop of Jerusalem (Eusebius, H. Z. y. 12).
- CASSIDANUS, CASSIDUS[Cassan.] CASSIODORUS, MAGNUS AURELIUS,
- CASSIUS(1) Bishop of Tyre, who in the year 198 attended the synod held at Caesarea under the presidency of Theophilus, the bish
- CASTALIUSbishop at tine council of Sinuessa A.D. 303 (Labbe, Conc. i. 940). [E. B. B.]
- CASTINUSof Tivoli, father of pope Simplicius (Anastas. ii. p. 362). Was this the same as the Castinus who was consul under John
- CASTOR(1) A correspondent of Gregory Nazianzen, whose friendship Gregory prized very highly. We have two letters of Gregory to
- CASTORINAmaternal aunt of St. Jerome. His letter to her (13, ed. Vall.), written when he was in the desert, shews that there had
- CASTORIUS(1), Brother of the constable Nicostratus, converted and martyred with him (see Acts of St. Sebastian, Tillem. iv. 521,
- CASTRENSIS, STcelebrated in South Italy as an African bishop of note, who in some barbarian persecution, both of clergy and laity (fan
- CASTRICCIAa rich and fashionable matron of Constantinople, the widow of Saturninus (consul in A.D. 383), a leading member of the f
- CASTRUTIUSa blind man of Pannonia, who about A.D. 394 undertook a voyage to see St. Jerome, but when he had reached Cissa was pers
- CASTULUS(1), Zetarius or manager of the summer and winter dining-rooms of the palace of Diocletian or Maximian, lodged in a garr
- CASTURUS, STConfessor, and bishop of
- CASTUS(2) and AEMILIUS, two men who lapsed, and then made renewed confession, They are mentioned by Cyprian in his book on the
- CASULANUSaddressed by Augustine in his Ep. 36 (86), was a young Pree ve some
- CASWALLON(Camden, Britann. iii. 234, ed. Gough), British king, [CAEDWALLA (1).]
- CATALDUS([CarHatpvs.]
- CATAN(CaTusn, CADAN, CEDDAN, KeEp-DAN), bishop and confessor; tutor of St. Blane, has his festival in the Irish kalendars on
- CATAPHRONIUS(1), pontiff of Thrace in A.D. 304, See PHILIP OF HERACLEA (Tillem. v. 305),
- CATAPHRYGIANS[Monranists.]
- CATAWWelsh saint. [Capo.]
- CATELL(Cadell), king of Powys, died a.p. 808 (Annal. Cambr., Brut y Tywys., in M, H, B. 834, 843). [C. H.]
- CATENAE[INTERPRETATION, BIBLICAL, ]
- CATGABATILking of Guenedota, called also CATGUOMMED, 'ec. "qui pugnam renuit," viz. A.D. 655 (Nennius, Hist. c. 66, in IL. H. B. 7
- CATGUALARTson of Catguolaum, king of Guenedota. He died of an epidemic disorder, A.D. 682 (Nennius, Hist. c. 66, Annal. Cambr., in
- CATGUBLAUN(Nennius, Hist. c. 66). CATGUOLLAAN, CATGUOLAUM, CATGUOLLAUN (Annal. Cambr.), king of Guene- dota (M. H. B. 76, 832, 833
- CATHALDUS, CATHALColgan cites several of this name in Ireland, from the middle of the 8th century to the 11th; but the most famous is the
- CATHARI[Novarrans.]
- CATHARINE(CATHARINA, CATHERINE, etc.), ST., virgin and martyr of Alexandria.
- CATHARISTAE[Manicnarans, MANEs.]
- CATHBADH(Caruusius). There are two of this name commemorated in the Irish
- CATHCANcalled also Catallus and Cathal, is commemorated as bishop of Rath-derthaighe on March 20, in the Irish calendars, and a
- CATHEL(CaTuat, CATTEL) is perhaps Cathcan of March 20, in the Irish calendars [CarHcaN]. [J. G.]
- CATHERIN, CATHERNAhas dedications in Scotland and Ireland. She is probably St. Catharine the martyr of Alexandria. (Bp. Forbes, Kal. Scott
- CATHIRIUS(1), bishop of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was present at the Council of Nice (Tillem. vi. 643; Labbe, Conc. ii. 54).
- CATHLONking of the Britons (Anna. Tigern., O'Conor, Rer. Hib. Scriptt. ii. 191). It is apparent from this passage that Caedwall
- CATHMAEL([Cavoc.]
- CATHUBIUS[Carupanu.]
- CATHWINE(Gaimar, Zstorie, v. 1740, in M. H. B. p. 785), archbishop of Canterbury. [TATWINE. ] [C. H.]
- CATINAmentioned by St. Jerome (V. 12, ed. Vall.) as an author (Catina quidam) who
- CATOSUSa Christian cook of Hippo (Aug. Civ. Dei, XXII. viii. 9, Migne, Pat. Lat. tom. xli. 766). CE. B. B.j
- CATTWG DDOETH[Canoc.]
- CATULINUS(1), or CATULLINUS, sub-deacon at Cirta, with Marcuclius, SiLvANus, and Carosus under Paul the bishop, A.D. 303. On May
- CATUUALan abbat succeeding to Bectunus, mentioned in a charter of Cynewulf king of Wessex, A.D. 789 (Kemble, C. D. No. 104). [C
- CAUIATHAN(Kaviaéay), one of the twelve "maternal" angels in the system of JUSTINUS (Hippol. Ref. v. 26). Harvey conjectures that
- CAULACAUThis name (handed down with varieties of spelling which it is needless to particularise) was a sacred word in some of th
- CAUTINUSbishop of Clermont about A.D. 562 (Till. H. Z. iv. 473), formerly deacon at Issoire (Iciodorensis). The character of Cau
- CAVADES[CanapEs, CHOSROES. ]
- CAWRDAFWelsh saint of the 6th century, king of Brecknockshire, distinguished in the Triads for his extensive influence, which w
- CAYMAN([Carmmay.]
- CEADDAThe eighth bishop of Hereford. His date falls between 758 and 777, as in the latter year his successor, Aldberht, descri
- CEADUALLA(Bede, Z. Z. iii. 1, edd. Smith, M. H. B., Stevenson, Moberly); CEADWALA (Flor. Wig. Chron. edd. M. H. B., Thorpe, ad an
- CEADWAL[CAEDWALLA.]
- CEASWALA(Mon. Hist.
- CECROPIUS(1), bishop of Nicomedia, in Bithynia, a Semiarian, who was translated from Laodiceia by Constantius in the year 351. At
- CEDDA, CEDDbishop, a native of Northumbria, and one of four brothers, all of whom were priests, In A.D. 653, Peada, the ruler of th
- CEDMON(Flor. Wig. Chron, ad ann. 680; Higden, Polychron. Gale, xv. Scriptt. 241), poet. [CAEDMON. ] (CEH
- CEDOALDUS(Paul. Diacon. de Gest. Longob. vi. 15, in Patrol. xev. 632), king of the West Saxons. [CAEDWALLA (2).] [C. H.]
- CEDOLearly Welsh saint, of uncertain date, patron of the chapel of Pentir, otherwise Llangedol, subject to Bangor in Carnarvo
- CEDONIUS, STconfessor, and bishop of Aix in Provence. His name occurs in the Martyrologium Gallicanum and in the Breviary of Aix, bu
- CEDWALA(Flor. Wig. Chron. in M. H. B. 528); CEDWALLA (Hen. Hunt. Hist. in M. H. B. 720, 721; Higden, Polychron. Gale, xv. Scrip
- CEDWYNWelsh saint of the 6th century, reputed patron of Llangedwyn, a chapel under Llanrhaiadr in Montgomeryshire (Rees, Welsh
- CEGGA, ST[Bzea.]
- CEIDIO AB CAWWelsh saint of the 6th century, patron of Rhodwydd Geidio, subject to Llantrisaint in Anglesey, and of Ceidio in Carnarv
- CEINWENWelsh saint of the 6th century, patron of Llangeinwen and of Cerrig Ceinwen in Anglesey ; commemorated on October 8 (Ree
- CEITHOWelsh saint of the 6th century, presumed founder of Llangeitho in Cardigan-shire ; commemorated on August 5 (Rees, Welsh
- CELADIONsucceeded Marcus II. as bishop of Alexandria, in the year 153. He held the see fifteen years, and was succeeded by Agrip
- CELANTIAA noble Roman matron, a letter to whom is included among those of St. Jerome (148, ed. Vall.), though it is probably by
- CELBES([AcemBEs.]
- CELE-CHRISTBishop of Cill-Cele-Christ, in Ui-Dunchadha, in Fotharta in Leinster— March 3. Cele-christ or Christicola, the ' vassal'
- CELE-CLERECH— Bishop and martyr, commemorated July 8. He is given in Mart. Doney. (by Todd and Reeves, 191) as martyred along with A
- CELE-PEADAITRthe "Servant of Peter," was abbat of Armagh, and the Four Masters give his obit, A.D. 757. He was a native of UiBreasail
- CELER(1), proconsul of Africa in A.p, 42¢ (Cod. Theod. t. vi. 354, ed. Godofred), is addressed by Augustine in two epistles (
- CELERINAMart. Rom. (Cyp. Ep. 39). See CELERINUS. [E. W. B.]
- CELERINUS(1), a confessor at Rome, tortured apparently before Decius himself, " anguis major, metator antichristi" (Cyp. Zp. 22).
- CELESTINUS ILPope. (Corxestrnus.] CELESTIUS. [Cor.esrivs,]
- CELEUSIUSa magistrate, perhaps chief of the police, at Nazianzus, to whom Gregory Nazianzen wrote three letters, placed by Tillem
- CELFRITHUS(Malm. G. P. ed. Hamilton, 198), abbat of Wearmouth. [CEOLFRID.]
- CELLACH(Crnian, Ketnacn). Colgan
- CELLAH(Malm. G. P. ed. Hamilton, 307), bishop of Mercia. [CEOLLACH.] [C. H.]
- CELLANUSa native of Ireland, and a monk in France, in the monastery where the uncorrupted body of St. Furseus rested, which was
- CELLOR[Crter (2).]
- CELRED(Malm. G. P. ed. Hamilton, 243 ; Gaimar, Lstorde, v. 1650, in M. H. B. 784) ; CELRETH (Gaimar, Lstorie, v. 2041, M. H. B
- CELREDUS(Setrepvs, SeLrripvs), abbat of Medeshamstede (afterwards Peterborough), brother of Siward, abbat of Croyland; occurs A.
- CELSAa.D. 632, succeeded Rusticula as
- CELSINUSa writer, probably a Platonist, from whom Augustine quotes (Contra Academ. ll. ii. (5), vol. i. 921).
- CELSUSOf the personal history of this, the first great polemical adversary of Christianity, we know nothing with certaint
- CELUULF(Malm. G. P. ed. Hamilton, 275? Sim. Dun. transl. Stevenson, 443); CRLWLFUS (Sim. Dun. in M. H. B. 659), king of Northum
- CELUULFUSbrother of Kenulf king of Mercia, occurs in a charter marked spurious or
- CELYNINWelsh saint of the 7th century, patron of Llangelynin in Merionethshire ; commemorated on November 20 (Rees, Welsh Saint
- CENAa lady who writes (A.D. 733, editorial date) to St. Boniface, assuring him of her prayers and begging his ; she rarely s
- CENAUC(Le Neve, Fasti, i. 288), bishop of St. David's. [Cynoa.] [C. HJ
- CENBURG(Gaimar, Zstorie, v. 1677, in H.M.B. 784), sister of Ina king of the West Saxons and of the abbess Cuthburga. [CUENBURGH
- CENEGITHAcalled the queen his wife by Kenulf king of Mercia, in a charter of A.p. 799, marked doubtful or spurious by Kemble (C.
- CENEU(Kayne, Knyna.) Recluse of Keynsham—Oct. 8. This saint, whose memory is greatly honoured on both sides of the Sever
- CENGILLE, -LLUS(Cineisius, CynueysLus, COENGILS, KENGILLUS, KEMGISEL), abbat of Glastonbury, A.D. 729-743, succeeding Echfrid (Mon. Ang
- CENNFAELADHAbbat of Bangor— April 8. The Cain Adamnain states that Cennfaeladh, abbat of Bangor, was among the saints who. wen
- CENNYCHearly Weish saint, patron of Llangennych in Carmarthenshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, 306). [C. H.]
- CENNYDD(Cenypp), Welsh saint of the 6th century, at first a member of the college of Cattwg, and afterwards founder of a religi
- CENRED(1) (CornreED, KENRED), the father of Ina king of Wessex (A. S. C. ad ann. 688, 855 Flor. Wig. Chron. ad ann. 688 ; ibid
- CENSORINUS[Curyse.] (Kevooupivos. Sic in the Acts referred to.) [G. 8.]
- CENSORIUScount, sent by Aetius to restore peace in Spain, at the request of Idacius, A.D. 432 (Idac. Chron. 41, 8; Patrol. li. 88
- CENSURIUSSt. Confessor, and bishop of Auxerre. It is a disputed point when this saint ruled that see, but, according to Gams (Ser
- CENTURIUSa Donatist layman, who brought to the church at Hippo a book written against Augustine by the Donatists, consisting of a
- CENTWINE(Kentwine), king of the West ~
- CENUUALH(Ethelwerd, Chron. in M. H. B. 506); CENWAILLE (Gaimar, Estorie, v. 1356, in M. H. B. 781); CENWALCH, -CHIUS (Flor. Wig.
- CENUULPHUS(Kemble, C. D. No. 162); CENWULF (A. 8. C. ad ann. 819, trr. Ingram, M. H. B., Thorpe); CENWLF (Hen. Hunt. Hist. in M. H
- CENWINE(Hen. Hunt. Hist. in M. H. B.
- CEOLF(Ethelw. Chron. in M. H. B. 507), king of Northumbria. [CEoLwuLr.] [C. H.]
- CEOLFRID, CEOLFRITHabbat of Jarrow and Wearmouth. He was born about A.D. 642, and began his monastic life about the age of 18 in the monast
- CEOLHELMone of four presbyters of the diocese of Dunwich, attesting an act of the council of Clovesho, Oct. 12, 803. (Kemble, C.
- CEOLLA[CrLacs.]
- CEOLLACHthe second bishop of the Mercian church. He was a Scot by nation; ap- pointed bishop by Oswy, whilst that king was still
- CEOLMUND(A), the single abbat of the diocese of Selsey attesting an act of the council of Clovesho, Oct. 12, 803. Nothing is kno
- CEOLNODUSabbat of St. Peter's, Chertsey, received a grant from Offa king of Mercia, issued in a synodal meeting at Acleah or Acle
- CEOLREDking of the Mercians, 709-716. He was the son of the great Ethelred by his wife Osthrytha, the daughter of Oswy, and suc
- CEOLRET(Gaimar, Lstorie, v. 1640), king of Mercia. [CEOLRED. ] [C. H.]
- CEOLUEbishop, attests an undated charter of Coinwalch king of Wessex, marked spurious or doubtful by Kemble (C. D. No. 985); p
- CEOLULF, -FUS(Flor. Wig. Chron. in M. H. B. 541, 542, 544); CEOLUULF, -FUS, -PHUS (Flor. Wig. Chron. Append. in M. H. Bb. 639; Sim. D
- CEOLULFUSsacerdos, attests a charter of Offa king of Mercia, A.D. 777. (Kemble, C. D. No. 131.) (C. H.]
- CEOLWULE(2) The seventh bishop of the Lindisfari, at Sidnacester. According to Simeon of Durham he was consecrated in 767, at th
- CEONWALH(Malm. G. &. ed. Hardy, vol. i, 41), king of the West Saxons. [CornwAtcu. ] [{C. H.)
- CEORRAdeacon, attests a charter of Dene~ bert bishop of Worcester, about A.D. 802. (Kemble, C. D. No. 181.) [CoE
- CEOWLF(Gaimar, Estorie, v. 1913, M. H. B. 786), king of the West Saxons. [CYNEWULF.] (C. H.]
- CEPHAS(Gal, ii. 11) was distinguished from Peter, and said to be one of the seventy disciples, by Clement of Alexandria in the
- CEPONIUSa Gallician bishop, to whom, in A.D. 447, the bishop of Astorga sent his refutation of the Priscillianists, and who wis
- CERASIANUSbishop at the council of Sinuessa, A.D. 303 (Cone. i. 940). [E. B. B.]
- CERATIUSSt. (or Ceractvs), of Simorra, bishop, said to have been born of a princely Burgundian family, and to have been a pupil
- CERAUNIAwife of Namatius, to whom in the 6th century Ruricius, bishop of Limoges, writes (Zp. 4, lib. ii.), to console her and h
- CERAUNIUSSt. Bishop of Paris. This saint appears to have been bishop of Paris from 614 to 625, and it is said that he was present
- CERBONIUSbishop of Populonium (Gregor. Magn. Dial. iii. 11). Divers miracles regarding him are there related. Gams (Series Hpise.
- CERCYLINUSfabulous king of Corcyra, in the Ist century, under a Roman governor, Carpianus (Acts of Jason and Sosipator, Men. Basil
- CERDICpresbyter, attests a charter of Cynewulf king of the West Saxons, a.p. 759 (Kemble, C. D. No, 104), {C. H.]
- CERDICHking of the Britons, by whom Hereric and Bregsuid, the parents of Hilda, were exiled (Bede, H. H, iv. 23). It has been s
- CERDO(1) (KépSwv), a Gnostic teacher of the first half of the 2nd century, principally known as the predecessor of Marcion. E
- CEREALIS(1), a vicarius sent by Adrian to arrest the two brothers Getulus and Amantius, tribunes, Christians at Tivoli. He was c
- CEREALIUSor CERYALIUS, one of the judges of PHorinus (Epiph. Haer. 71, p. 829). LG. 8.]
- CEREDIGof Cardigan, Irish saint, son of Cunedda Wledig. [Cororicus.]
- CERENICUSSt., deacon of Civitas Sagiorum (Séez), in the province of Lugdunensis Secunda, under the metropolitan of Rouen. Cerenic
- CERETIC(1) of Cardigan, son of Cunedda Wledig, Irish saint. [Cororicus.]
- CERETIUSa bishop who writes to Augustine, sending him two books which had been recommended to him by one Argyrius. Augustine fou
- CERICUS(Acta SS. June, iii. 17), infant martyr. [CyRIcus.] ({C. H.]
- CERINTHUSAmong the traditional opponents of the teaching of St. John is Cerinthus. Tradition associates with his name facts which
- CERNACH, CERNATH([CatRNEcH (1).] CERO, monk of St. Gall. [Kero.]
- CERTIC(Nennius, Hist., M. H. B. 76), king of Elmet. [CrrRvice.] : ee Hi.)
- CETHECHbishop of Cill-garadh—June 16. He is usually known as St. Patrick's bishop. His father belonged to Meath, and his mother
- CETHEGUSpatricius of Sicily, informed by Pelagius I. (Patrol. lxix. 414) of the ordination of a bishop of Catania, and of a marr
- CETHUBERIS, CETUMBRIA, ETHEMBRIAA virgin whom Joceline, in his Life of St. Patrick (c. 79) calls Cethuberis, and afterwards (in c. 188), Ethembria, and
- CEWYDD AB CAWWelsh saint of the 6th century, founder of Aberedw and Diserth in Radnorshire, and of Llangewydd, an extinct church near
- CHADof Wessex. [CEADDA.]
- CHADOENUS, STbishop of Le Mans. He is also called Caduindus, Clodoenus, Harduinus, Hadwinus, Chadoin, Hardoin. He was 12th or 12th bi
- CHAENULFUSA letter of his exists addressed to Desiderius, bishop of Cahors from A.D. 629-654. (Migne, Patrol. Lat. tom. lxxxvii. p
- CHAEREMON(1) (Xaiphuwyr), aged bishop of Nilus, fled from the Decian persecution to the Arabian mountains with his wife, and coul
- CHAGNOALDUS, STsixth bishop of Laon. Called also Chainoaldus, Chanoaldus, Agnoaldus, Cainaldus, Rainaldus, Hagnoaldus, and Chagnulfus.
- CHAILCoptic bishop. [Corrie CuurcH.]
- CHAINCHOOOCHone of the "triple powers " [PIsTIs SOPHIA, p. 361]. The word is written Bainchoooch, p. 387. [G. 8.]
- CHALCEDONIUSabbat (probably the first) of Viviers, one of the twin monasteries established by Cassiodorus (A.D. circa 469-563), who
- CHALCIDIAa Christian lady, residing probably at Antioch, to whom Chrysostom addressed several letters during his exile, expressin
- CHALCIDIUSa translator of, and author of a commentary on the Timaeus of Plato, printed at the end of Hippolytus, in the Spicilegiw
- CHALDAEAN CHRISTIANS[NesroRIANS. |
- CHAMor HAM, son of Noah; prophecies attributed to him were used by the Valentinians, and by Pherecydes (Clem. Alex. Strom. v
- CHAMMAKis a name which is frequently found in the designation of churches in the west of Scotland, indicating the existence of
- CHANEMUNDUS, STChaquemundus, Chaumond, Chaumont or Hannemond. [Da.- FINUS, St., bishop of Lyon.] PD ERer Ji
- CHARACHARa cat-faced archon presiding over the second division of the place of punishment, [PisT1s Soputa, p. 320.] [G. S.]
- CHARALAMPEHSor CHARILAMPES, (1) Bishop of Magnesia, stripped of his priestly attire and flayed alive. The prefect Lucian tried to te
- CHARALAMPES(2) Martyr at Nicomedia,
- CHARARIC, STA king (probably of the Morini; Malebranche, ii. 38) dethroned by Clovis and ordained priest, his son being at the same
- CHARAUNUS([Caraunus.]
- CHARENTINUS8th bishop of Cologne, called also CHARETERNUS. He succeeded Domitian, and was followed by Ebregesilus, The date assigne
- CHARIATHO(1), one of the bishops addressed (A.D. 452) by Leo of Bourges, Victorius of Le Mans, and Eustochius of Tours, in a lett
- CHARICLESa priest in the 5th century, rebuked by St. Nilus of Sinai (Zp. iii. 243) for imposing hard penances on an humble penite
- CHARIMIR, STbishop of Verdun, succeeded St. Airic in the bishopric in 588. He was referendarius to king Childebert II. In his Gloria
- CHARISin the system of VALENTINUS an alternative name with Ennoea and Sige, for the consort of the primary Aeon Bythos (lren.
- CHARISIUS(1) Presbyter, and oeconomus of the church of Philadelphia, who presented himself at the sixth session of the council of
- CHARISTERIUSIn the Valentinian fragment preserved by Epiphanius (Haer, xxxi. 6) this name is given to one of five Aeons without cons
- CHARITANAor CHARITINA, female slave of one Claudius or Claudian, was re ported to Count Domitius in the Diocletian persecution to
- CHARITINA and CHARITOIn the Acts of Justin Martyr we are told that they confessed Christ, and were scourged and beheaded. (LE. B. B.]
- CHARITYderived usually from the Latin " caritas," whose Greek equivalent is dyan} throughout its conjugates; which the Latin ha
- CHARLEScalled the GreaT (French, Charlemagne), son of Pippin, king of the Franks, was born about the year 742 or 743. The place
- CHARLES MARTELCharles surnamed the Hammer (on the sobriquet and its late origin, and on the name Charles, see Breysig, Jahrbiicher des
- CHARMONone of the ministers of ARIEL. [Pisris SOPHIA, p. 380.] [G. 8.]
- CHARMOSYNUSA presbyter, agent with the presbyter Theognostus and the deacon Leontius, for Cyril of Alexandria, at Constantinople, A
- CHARTENIUS, STis supposed to have been bishop of Marseille. He took part with Avitus bishop of Vienne at a conference of Catholic and
- CHARTERIUSthe ninth bishop of Perigueux (Petrogoricum), in the latter half of the 6th century. In the year 581, a quarrel having a
- CHASTITY[Cetmacy in Dict. of Christian Antiquities. |
- CHAZINZARIANS(Cuarzirzari). ([STAUROLATRAE. }
- CHEBIUS(Cressy, Ch. Hist. of Britt. xvi. 9). Welsh saint. [CyB1.] (C. H.]
- CHEDDUS(Malm. G. R. ed. Hardy, vol. i. 138), bishop of the East Angles. [CEDDA.] {C. H.]
- CHEDWALLA(D), -US (Malm. G. RB. ed. Hardy, vol. i. 70), king of the Britons, [CAEDWALLA (1).] {C. H.]
- CHELIANUSpresbyter of Llandaff, succeeds St. Samson as archbishop of Dol, in the time of king Arthur, according to Geoffrey of Mo
- CHELIDONIUS and HAEMATERIUSbrothers, soldiers, martyred at the Gascon town of Calagurris (Calahorra, in Castile). The date of their martyrdom is wh
- CHELWULFUS(Malm. G. &. ed. Hardy, vol. i. p. 80), king of Northumbria. [CEOLWULF.] [C. H.J CHENEHART (Gaimar, Estorie, v. 1839
- CHENEWOLD(Gaimar, Zstorie, v. 1300, in M. H. B. 780), king of the West Saxons. [CoInWALCH. | (C. H.]
- CHENRET(Gaimar, Zstorie, vv. 1566, 1611,
- CHENTWINUS(Malm. G. RB. ed. Hardy, vol. i. pp. 45, 51, 52, 55); CHENWINE (Gaimar, Estorie, v. 1432, M. H. B. 782), king of the Wes
- CHEULFbishop, attests a charter of Offa, king of Mercia, A.D. 777, marked doubtful or spurious by Kemble (C, D. No. 130). [C.
- CHILDEBERTL., one of the four sons of Clovis, among whom their father's kingdom was divided in 511. Childebert's capital was Paris
- CHILDEBERT IIIwas raised to the throne of the Franks in 695, on the death of his brother Clovis III, He reigned under Grimoald, son of
- CHILDERIC(Cuitpericu), king of the Salian Franks, and father of Clovis, according to the Gesta Reg. Franc. 9, reigned from 458
- CHILDERIC II(Cumprricy), son of Clovis IL, was chosen king of the Eastern or Austrasian Franks in 660 (Vita S. Balthildis, 5). His m
- CHILDERIC III(Cuinperticy), the last Frankish king of the Merovingian family, supposed to have been the son of Chilperic IL., though
- CHILIANUSHiberno-Scottish martyr in Franconia. (Hardy, Deser. Cat. 1.340.) [Crn1an.]
- CHILIASTSfrom the Greek word for 1000, whom the Latins for the same reason called " Millenarians." As St. Augustine says, in spea
- CHILLIANUS SCOTUS(Fordun, Scotichr. lib. iii. e. 44, ed. Skene, vol. i. 129). [Crn1An.]
- CHILON(1), a solitary, instructed in the
- CHILPERIC(Curpericn), the youngest of the four sons of Clotaire I., amongst whom their father's kingdom was divided in 561 (Gr
- CHILPERIC II(Cai,Pericn), son of Childeric II,, on his father's murder in 673, was con- fined in a monastery and afterwards ordained
- CHIMASIUS(Xe:uaouos), one of the contentious monks chidden by Nilus in the 5th century (Ep. ii. 77). [E. B. B.]
- CHINEBERTUS(Hen. Hunt. Hist. Angi. M. H. B. 726), bishop of the Lindisfari. [CynnBERY. | [C. H.]
- CHINEGISLUS(Malm. G. &. ed. Hardy,
- CHIONIAmartyred by fire at Thessalonica under Count Sisinnius in the reign of Diocletian ;
- CHLODOBERT[CioposBERT.] CHLODOMER ([Cropomir.] CHLODOWIG. ([Ctovis.]
- CHLODULPHUS, STconfessor, bishop of Metz. One of the thirty saints enumerated in the ancient catalogues and martyrologies of the church
- CHLOTHARIUSor CHLOTACHARIUS. [CLOTAIRE. |
- CHONBALone of the five chiefs of the 365 archons, presiding over the sphere of the planet Jupiter. [PisTis SOPHIA, p. 362.]
- CHONNUS, CHONidentified with Caedwalla king of the Britons in the following pas- sage of the Annals of Tigernach (O'Conor, Rer. Hib.
- CHORENTINUSanother spelling of Corentinus, bishop of Quimper, q.v. In Usuard (Wart. ad Mai. 1, Auctaria; Patrol. tom. 124, p. 13),
- CHOREUTAE[Evcuires.]
- CHORZARregarded by the PrRATAE as :
- CHOSROES(Xospons), Khusrud (WYSW9N) on coins,* Kesra (Spo) in Arabic, Khusru
- CHOSROKES II. OF ARMENIA(4.p. 345- 354?), son of Tiridates and of Aschenia daughter of Ascharades, 'did not equal his parents in stature" (Mos.
- CHOSROKS IILof Armenia, was a Christian prince set over Persarmeria, when it was ceded by a treaty concluded in the name of the infa
- CHOZIone of the five chiefs of the 365 archons, presiding over the sphere of the planet Venus, [PisTIS SOPHIA, p. 362.] [G. 8
- CHREMAORthe chief archon presiding over the twelfth division of the place of punishment. [Pisris SOPHIA, p. 321.] {G. S.J
- CHRESIMUSa Christian of Augustine's time, who was so much cast down by some adverse lawsuit that it was rumoured he meditated sui
- CHRESTUS(1), bishop of Syracuse, was addressed by Constantine the Great a.D. 314, in a letter preserved by Eusebius (ZZ. /. x. 5
- CHRISDAPHOR([CurisroPHer.] CHRISTE. [Catuisra.] CHRISTETA. [Vincent of ABILA.]
- CHRISTIANA, STVirgin, of Termonde in Flanders, is said to have been the only daughter of Migranimus, " rex Anglorum," unknown elsewher
- CHRISTIANUS, STconfessor, and 37th bishop of Auxerre. He succeeded St. Abbo. He was born at the beginning of the 9th century, and is th
- CHRISTINA(1), a Christian woman of Athens, after the martyrdom of Peter of Lampsacus, arrested at Athens along with Dionysius by
- CHRISTINUSa correspondent of Augustine (Zip. 256 (226), ii. 1070). [E. B. B.J
- CHRISTOLOGY(XpioroAoyia) embraces the doctrine of Christ's person, while Sotertology is the doctrine of Christ's work or salvation.
- CHRISTOLYTAEA sect mentioned by John Damascene in his Treatise on Heresies. They taught that when Jesus Christ had been recalled to
- CHRISTOPHER(2) one of three soldiers of Diocletian's guard, who being converted, A.D. 269, by the constancy of St. George (18th Apr
- CHRODEBERTL., archbishop of Tours. His name is otherwise Rigobert, or Zerobert. He occurs in a diploma of king Clovis the younger.
- CHRODEBERTILarchbishop of Tours. His "name is also given as Ruotbertus, Crabertus, and ' Erabertus. He is said to have taken his vow
- CHRODEGANG(ST.), bishop of Metz, in the 8th century. The name is spelt by mediaeval writers with even more than usual diversi- tie
- CHRODGARIUSA count, sent by the Emperor Charlemagne in the retinue of his son Pippin, king of Italy, for the purpose of devastating
- CHRODIELDISa natural daughter of king Caribert I. and a nun of the monastery of the Holy Cross (Sainte Croix), at Poitiers. Her chi
- CHRODINUSa general, contemporary with Fortunatus, bishop of Poitiers. He died in the year 582. Gregory of Tours commemorates him
- CHRODOGANDUS[CHRoDEGANG.]
- CHROMATIUSbishop of Aquileia, at the end of the 4th and in the first years of the 5th century, one of the most influential of the
- CHRONAN[Cronan.]
- CHRONICA(xpovid), histories or epitomes "
- CHRONICON ATHANASIANUMThe Festal Epistles of Athanasius, published in Syriac by Cureton, 1848, and afterwards with a Latin translation by Mai
- CHRONICON CANISIANUMsrev LABBEANUM serv porrus HIPPOLYTI. The chronicle intended by this description was published first by Canisius in 1602
- CHRONICON CUSPINIANEUMThis chronicle having prefixed an enumeration of the kings of Rome, gives a list of consuls from C,. Julius Caesar, B.c.
- CHRONICON CYPRIANICUMA short treatise is appended to the works of St. Cyprian (first published in Fell's edition, 1682, pp. 938- 971) which b
- CHRONICON EDESSENUMAn anonymous Syriac chronicle, published by Assemani (Bibl. Orient. i. 387), apparently compiled about A.D. 550; the las
- CHRONICON PASCHALEsive ALEX-
- CHRONICON RUINARTIANUMA short Latin chronicle appended to two MSS. of Victor Vitensis, and first published by Ruinart (Hist. Persec. Vandal. p
- CHRONICON SCALIGERIANUMsive ALEXANDRINUM. As an appendix to his edition of the Chronicon of Eusebius, Scaliger published what he called "Extrac
- CHRONOPIUS(1) L., third bishop of Le Périgord. He succeeded Anianus in the first half of the 4th century. In an ancient breviary o
- CHROTBERTUS[Curopevert.]
- CHROTECHILDIS, CHROTILDIS[CtoTILDA.
- CHRYSANTHUS(1), martyred along with the virgin Daria at Rome. Thus much only is told us, from Acts then extant, by Gregory of Tours
- CHRYSAPHIUSan eunuch, chief minister at the court of Theodosius II., Eastern emperor. He is mentioned as gaining over his master an
- CHRYSE(in Latin versions of the story known as AUREA), the principal figure in that account of the martyrdom of Hippolytus whi
- CHRYSEROSa sophist and apologist of paganism in the Sth century, rebuked by St. Nilus (/p. ii. 42; Ceillier, viii. 217). [E. B. B
- CHRYSIPPUSone of four brothers, Cappadocians by birth, of whom the other two were named Cosmas and Gabriel, recorded by Cyril of S
- CHRYSOGONUS(1), martyr in the perseeution of Diocletian, whose name was inserted in the canon of the mass from a very early period,
- CHRYSOLIUS, ST(Str. CuryseviL), bishop and martyr, celebrated at Comines in Flanders as the apostle of that neighbourhood. He suffered
- CHRYSOPHORAa correspondent of Dionysius of Corinth, "'a most faithful sister" (Eus. iv. 23). The letter is not extant. [E. B. B.]
- CHRYSORETESchamberlain of the emperor Theodosius H. (reigned a.D. 408-450). He was exceedingly powerful, and opposed to the Catholi
- CHRYSOSTOM, JOHN(CIwdvyns Xpucdatomos.) The surname " golden-mouthed," given to the great preacher of Antioch, and bishop of Constantino
- CHUMBRECHUS(Haddan and Stubbs, Councils, iii, 401), bishop. [CYNEBERHT, bp. Winch. ] C. H.
- CHUNIALDUS, STpresbyter, of Salzburg. Lived about the middle of the 8th century, and is commemorated on Sept. 24.
- CHUNIBERTUS, STthe eleventh archbishop of Cologne, was, says Gelenius, descended from an illustrious line of Austrasian dukes, whose te
- CHURCHnot the material building (on which see the Dict. of Antiquities), but the spiritual society known as " ecclesia" to the
- CIANearly Welsh saint, patron of Llangian, a chapel under Llanbedrog in Carnarvonshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, 302). (C. H.]
- CIANAN(Kenanvs), bishop of Duleek (Damliag); commemorated Nov. 24. From the different accounts we have of St. Cianan of Duleek
- CIAR, CIER, CERA, CYRAThe Irish calendars give three dedications to saints of this name — Jan. 5, Feb. 8, Oct. 16; but the first and last prob
- CIARAN(Kieran). Seventeen saints of this name appear in the Irish calendars, but of these only five have much more than the da
- CIER([Crar.]
- CILIAN(Kri1An), martyr in Franconia; commemorated July 8. Of the birth or youth of St. Cilian, the apostle and martyr of Franc
- CILINIA, STa matron, connected with Rheims. She was the mother of St. Remigius, archbishop of Rheims, and apostle of France, but ve
- CILLA, CILLE(Cissa), niece of Cyssa a regulus of Wessex in the reign of Centwine (A.D. 676-685), and sister of Heane the founder or
- CILLEN., CILLIAN, CILLIN, KILLINUS, KILLIANUSThis name in its various forms occurs frequently in the calendars of Ireland: whether its initials be C, K, or Q, the na
- CINAUC(Annal. Cambr. ad an. 606, M. H. B. 831), bishop. [Cynoa.] [C. H.]
- CINEBERT, -BERHT(Kemble, C. D. No.
- CINEGELS(Ethelwerd, Chron. in M. H. B. 505, 506); CINEGILS (Ethelw. ibid.) ; CINLGISLUS (Malm. G. &. ed. Hardy, vol. i. 45),
- CINEHARD(Flor. Wig. Chron. ad an. 784, M. H. B. 545), etheling. [CyNEHEARD.] [C. H.]
- CINEHARDUS(Flor. Wig. Chron. ed. Thorpe, vol. i.56; Malm. G. P. ed. Hamilton, 160), bishop of Winchester. [CyYNEHEARD. ] [C. H.]
- CINEUULFUS(Ethelwerd, Chron. in M.H.B. |
- CINEWLF(Malm. G. P. ed. Hamilton, 267),
- CINGISLUS(Mon. Angi. i. 2), abbat of Glastonbury. [CENGILLUS. ] (C. H.]
- CINIGELS(Ethelwerd, Chron. M. H. B. 505, 506), king of the West Saxons. [CYNEGILS.] {C. H.] CINNA, CINNE, CINNIA, virgin; commem
- CINNAUC(Annal. Camb. ad an. 606, ed. Williams), bishop. [C¥Noa.] [C. HJ
- CINTHILAa king of the Goths, brother and successor of king Sisenand, who assisted at the fifth council of Toledo, the decrees of
- CIOLSTANpresbyter, attests a charter of Ethelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, A.D. 805. (Kemble, C.D. No. 189; Haddan and Stubbs
- CIRCUITORESsynonymous with CrrcumCELLIONES. [DonarTIsTs.]
- CIRCUMCELLIONES[Donarists.]
- CISSA(1), (Cyssa, Cysse), a regulus in the reign of Centwine king of the West Saxons (A.D. 676-685), having authority over wh
- CLAIR, SS[Crarvs.] CLAIRENECH, CLAREINECH. This is
- CLAPHIUS(or ELapuivs). <A letter exists addressed to him about A.D. 477, from Sidonius Apollinaris, bishop of Clermont in the
- CLARENTIUS, STbishop, Vienne, lived in the early part of the 7th century (ante ann, 625), and is commemorated on his birthday, the 25t
- CLARUS(1) Bishop of Ptolemais, attended the synod convened at Caesarea, in the year 198, by the metropolitan Theophilus and Na
- CLAUDEa churchman raised to the presbyterate by St. Rémi, on the recommendation of 'Clovis, a short time before the death of t
- CLAUDIASister of Sulpicius Severus, who was a disciple of St. Martin, and presbyter in Aquitaine ; he flourished about a.p. 420
- CLAUDIANISTSa sect of Donatists. It was one of the charges against the Donatist bishop Primianus that he murdered in the basilica th
- CLAUDIANUS(1) Martyred with Papias and Diodorus in the Decian persecution. There are three different versions of their acts. On Fe
- CLAUDIUS(1), a.v. 41-54. The reign of this emperor has the special interest of being that to which we must refer the earliest di
- CLAUDIUS APOLLINARIS[Apou.iNARIS. ] :
- CLEDAUG11th or 12th bishop of St. David's (Girald. Cambr. Opp. vi. ed. Dimock, p- 102; Stubbs, Regist. 155). [C. H.]),
- CLEDOGWelsh saint. [CiypoG.]
- CLEDONIUSa trusted friend and correspondent of Gregory Nazianzen. Having spent his early years about the court, he devoted himsel
- CLEMENS(1), FLAVIUS, son of Sabinus, brother of the emperor Vespasian, and therefore first cousin to Domitian, whose niece Flav
- CLEMENS ROMANUSAccording to common tradition, one of the first, if not the first, bishop of Rome after the apostles, and certainly a le
- CLEMENT OF ALEXANDRIA(Titus FLAvius CLEMENS]. It will be convenient to notice in succession: i. The personal Details of Clement's Life ; ii.
- CLEMENTIANUS(j).
- CLEMENTINE LITERATUREAmong the spurious writings attributed to Clement of Rome, the chief is one which purported to contain a record made by
- CLEOBIUSin the legendary life of Epiphanius (ii. 320), an instructor of E. in Chris- tianity. [G. S.]
- CLEOBULUS([Cuiauvptus (2).]
- CLEOMENESa teacher of Patripassian doctrines at Rome in the beginning of the 3rd cen- tury, under the episcopate of Zephyrinus, b
- CLETUSor ANACLETUS, "le méme que
- CLITAUCking of Brecknock, the son of | Clitguin, about A.D. 482. This is the only spelling of the name in the Liber Landavensis
- CLODOALDUS(Croup, Sr.), presbyter, was third son of Clodomir, king of Orleans, and grandson of St. Clotilda. He was born in A.D. 5
- CLODOBERTwas son of Chilperic I. king of the Franks, by his second queen, Fredegundis. He was born in the year 565, and died in 5
- CLODOMIRone of the four sons of Clovis, amongst whom their father's kingdom was divided in 511. Clodomir's capital was Orleans,
- CLODOSINDEor CHLODOSVINDA,
- CLOFFANearly Welsh saint, patron of Llangloffan in Pembrokeshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, 307). [C. H.]
- CLOTAIRE(Cutoruartivs), the youngest of the four sons of Clovis, amongst whom their father's kingdom was divided in 511. Clot
- CLOTAIRE IIson of Chilperic I. and Fredegund, succeeded his father in 584, but only in Chilperic's original kingdom of Soissons {v.
- CLOTAIRE IVwas set up as king of the Austrasian Franks by Charles Martel during his struggle with the Neustrians in 717. It is unce
- CLOTILDAor CHROTECHILDIS or CHROTILDIS, daughter of Chilperic, was early left an orphan by the murder of her parents by her uncl
- CLOUD, ST([Ciopoaxpvs.]
- CLOVIS(in the chroniclers CLUDOECUS, CLODOVEUS, CHLODOVECHUS, &c., modern Germay Lupwia, modern French Louis. On the spell
- CLOVIS II(for orthography, see Cuovis I.) was chosen successor, whilst still a minor, to his father Dagobert I. by the chief men
- CLOVIS IIIson of Theodoric III., youngest son of Clovis II., was chosen king of the Franks on his father's death in 691. He died f
- CLYDAIWelsh saint of the 5th century, reputed foundress of a church named Clydai in Emlyn (Rees, Welsh Saints, 151). [C. H.]
- CLYDOG(Ctepoe), Welsh saint of the 5th century, buried at Clodock church in Hereford-shire, of which he was the reputed founde
- CNEUBURGAperhaps (Haddan and Stubbs, iii. 842), sister of Ina king of the West Saxons and Cuthburga. [CUENBURH.] [C. H.]
- COBHRANis said by St. Aengus (De Matr. Hib. SS.) to be the sonof Nenain or Enain and of
- COBLHACHis mentioned among the companions of St. Columba in crossing from Ireland to Iona, and Camerarius places him in the cale
- COCCA(Coaa,CHoca, Cuacu,) of Cill-Choca, Jan. 8, June 6, St. Cocca is by some identified with Cocha, nurse of St. Ciaran [Coc
- COCHAof Ros-bennachair (now Rosbanagher, or Rosmanagher, co. Clare)—June 29. In the Life of St. Ciaran, of Saighir, there is
- CODDIANTaccording to Epiphanius (Haer. xxvi. p. 85) a nickname given to an impure sect of Gnostic heretics. He explains the word
- COELESTIANI[Cortzsrivus, PELagrus.] COELCHUS, Irish saint. [Cone (5).]
- COELESTINUSI., commonly called CBLESTINE, 42nd bishop of Rome, succeeded Boniface I. on Sunday, September 10, 422, without any dela
- COELESTIUSoccupies a unique position among the Hibernian Scots, as he taught not the faith, but heresy. The general belief is that
- COELICOLAEThe death of Julian (A.D. 863) was followed by a reaction in favour of the Christians and against the Jews. The fierce b
- COELLACUS(Wend. F. H. ed. Coxe, i. 154), bishop of Mercia. [CEOLLACH.] [C. H.]
- COEMACA, COEMOCA[See Carmuos.] COEMAN. [See CAnMHAN. ]
- COEMGEN(CaormuGcHen, Kevin), abbat of Glendalough, June 3, A.D. 618. He was descended from Laeghaire Lore, monarch of Ireland,
- COENA(Flor. Wig. Nom. Archiep. in M. H. B. 625; Le Neve, Masti, iii. 94; Stubbs, Regist. 180), bishop of York. [ETHELBERT.] [
- COENBURGA(QuoENBURGA) (1), according to Bede a daughter of Cearl, king of Mercia, and wife of Aedwin, afterwards king of Northumb
- COENGILSUS(Zpist. 160, in Wiirdtwein's ed. of St. Bonitface's Epistles, and Lpist. 108 in ed. of Migne, Patrol. tom. lxxxix. 800;
- COENRED(1), son of Ceolwald and the father of Ina king of Wessex. [CENRED. ]
- COENUALD(CornwaLp, KENWALD), a monk sent by archbishop Theodore to Rome bearing written charges against Wilfrid before pope Agat
- COENUUALH(Kemble, C. D. No. 167), bishop. [COENWALCH. ]
- COENUUEALHA(Kemble, C. D. No. 7); COENWALCH (Flor. Wig. Geneal. Reg. W. Sax., M. H. B. 633), king of the West Saxons. [CornwaLcu. ]
- COENUULF, -FUS(Kemble, C. D. No. 116), king of Mercia. [KENULF.] [C. H.] COENWALCH, the eleventh bishop of London. His episcopate fall
- COFENearly Welsh saint, patron of Llan-
- COGITOSUSmonk of Kildare. April 18 is his festival in Mart. Tallaght, where he is called the " Wise," and on that day Marian O'Go
- COIFIthe chief of the heathen priests of Aedwin, king of Northumbria, in 4.D. 627. He advised his master to accept Christiani
- COIMGHEALLdaughter of Mac Iaar. [Cart.]
- COINCHENN(1), of Cael-achadh. August
- COINRED, -DUS(Bede, H. Z. vy. 19, edd. Smith, M. H. B., Giles, Stevenson, Moberly), king of Mercia. [COENRED.] [C. H.]
- COINUALCH(Bede, H. #. iii. 7, edd. Smith, M. H. B., Stevenson, Moberly); COINVALCH (Bede, Vit. Abbat. ed. Smith), king of Wessex.
- COINWALCH(CEenwAtn), king of Wessex. He succeeded his father Cynegils in 643, being still a heathen. In 645, having repudiated hi
- COLACHUS[See CELLAcH (3), of whose name this is probably a Latin form.| {J. G.]
- COLARBASUS(Hippol., Ps. Tert.; Colorbasus, Iren., Epiph., Theodoret, Philast. cod.,
- COLFRIDUS(MS. described in Hardy, Descr. Cat. i. 412), abbat of Wearmouth. [CxOL-
- COLGA(1) the Wise, Lector of Cionmacnoise, Feb. 20. He was a man of eminent piety and learning, and acquired the name of Chie
- COLLECTA(Cyp. Zp. 21.) [Cornetta.]
- COLLENWelsh saint of the 7th century, patron of Llangollen in Denbighshire; commemorated on May 20 (Rees, Welsh Saints, 302).
- COLLUTHUS(1) Martyr under Maximian
- COLLYRIDIANSUnder this name Epiphanius (Haer. 79) assails certain women who had brought from Thrace into Arabia the practice of pert
- COLMAN(J) Son of Comgellain, was a man deeply versed in legal and ecclesiastical learning and a great friend of St. Columba, t
- COLMUSis said by Camerarius and Dempster to have been a bishop among the Orkney Islands, and is commemorated on March 9, and J
- COLONATUS[Corman.] At July 8, there are two entries in the Mart. Doneg. (by Todd and Reeves, 191), first, of " Cele-Clerech, bp.,
- COLONICA[See Macartus.] [E. W. B.] COLORBASIANS. ([Corarpasvs.] COLOSSIANUS. [Firmus.]
- COLUM(Cota) is the primary form of the
- COLUMBA(1), COLUMCILLE, June 9. The life, character, and work of this saint have been exhaustively treated of late years by an
- COLUMBANUS(1) Abbat of Luxeuil and Bobbio, Nov. 21. On this day, in the Mart. Doneg. (by Todd and Reeves, 315), is the entry ' Col
- COMAIGH(Comacta), of Snamhluthair, virgin, May 27. The Book of Lecan gives her genealogy ; she was daughter of Eochaidh, and in
- COMAILBritish king, slain in battle by the
- COMAN(Cowman), son of Ernan, March 18. Mart. Doneg. (by Todd and Reeves, 81) calls him bishop, but Colgan in his memoir (Acta
- COMASIUSa rhetor in the 5th century, who turned monk, and still continued in the monastery collecting "'the rubbish" of classica
- COMDHAN(1) Of Cluain-connaidh, Oct. 13. [ComGAN and ConGAN.]
- COMEGERNeighth bishop of Llandaff, contemporary with Ywyr, king of Gwynedd (Stubbs, Regist. 156). [C. H.]
- COMGALL(ConGatt) (1), abbat of Bangor, May 10. 'This is one of the most prominent leaders of monasticism in Ireland, and he is
- COMGAN(Compnan, ConcGan).
- COMMANis a not uncommon name among Paty 2
- COMMANDMENTS[Dercatocuz.]
- COMMENTATORS, ANCIENT[InrerPRETATION, BIBLICAL. }
- COMMODIANUSthe author of two Latin poems entitled respectively, " Znstructiones ad-versus Gentium Deos pro Christiana disciplina,"
- COMMODIOSone of the seventeen guards m the story of CHRYSE. [G. 8.]
- COMMODUSa.p. 180-193. The monstrous vices of the degenerate son of Marcus Aurelius brought with them at least one counterbalanci
- COMMUNION, HOLY[Evcuanrtst.]
- COMNAT(Comnatan, Connat), V. A. of Kildare, Jan. 1. She appears among the prelates of Kildare on this day; but of her abbacy w
- CONAIDa companion of St. Sampson. He is called by the French St. Mein, and is probably the same as Mevennius. He is said to ha
- CONAING([Conane.]
- CONALLIn Mart. Doneg. there are seven Conalls, and Colgan (Acta SS. 367) says there are nine or ten in the Irish Martyrologies
- CONAMHAIL(Conary), son of Failbhe, abbat of Hy. Sept. 11. He was of the race of Colla Uais, and therefore one of the Oriels. He w
- CONANfifth of the metropolitan bishops of London in the British period. (Jocelin of Furness, given in Ussher, Brit. Eccles. A
- CONANG(Conarna), son of Lucunan, Sept. 23. This person is identified with Conaingius O'Daithil, coarb of St. Ailbhe (Sept. 12)
- CONANTIUSa Spanish bishop of the 7th century. His see was Pallentia (Palencia in Old Castile) of which he was bishop for more tha
- CONANUS(Chron. Monast. de Abingd. ed. Stevenson, ii. 272, 273), second abbat of Abingdon. [CUMANUS.] {C. H.]
- CONCHENN([Corncuenn.] CONCORDIUS. [Corp1vs.]
- CONCUPISCENCEin ecclesiastical Latin : viz. in the sense put upon it by St. Augustine in controversy with the Pelagians, not desire s
- CONDA[Conna.]
- CONDEDUS, STpresbyter and recluse, connected with Fontenelle. Called also Condelus, Condedes, Candidus, but his genuine name was Con
- CONDIDANBritish king, slain in battle by the West Saxons, A.D. 577, at Deorham (A. S. C. ad an.). [C. H.]
- CONDLAEDH[Connaxp.]
- CONFESSIONas a church ordinance, is, in some form or other, as old as St. James: and it is even doubtful whether the last six vers
- CONFESSOR[Dict. Christ. Ant. ; see also CYPRIAN in this Dict.]
- CONFIRMATIONConfirmation anciently was a part of baptism, or rather its completion, and this it is, according to the Greek rite, sti
- CONGAL(ConGALL). Commemorated on Jan. 2, Camerarius has "§, Congallus Abbas Benchorensis Monasterii in Scotia" (De Scot. Fort.
- CONGAN(CompHan, Comean), A. Oct. 13 St. Congan, brother of St. Kentigerna (Jan. 7), and uncle of St. Fillan (Jan. 9), was the
- CONGUSSIUS(Conaus), bishop and scribe of Armagh. He was a native of Kinell Ainmire, and confessor of Aedh Ollan, king of the North
- CONINANUSDec. 9, a.v. 710. He is described by Camerarius, on the authority of Wion, as having been abbat of Hy, and preceptor to
- CONLIAN.)May 3. Though Camerarius (De Scot. Fort. 117), at March 15, gives "S, Conleatus Sodorensis Episcopus,' yet under this na
- CONMACH([Connacutacu and Conn-MACH. |
- CONNA(Conpa, Dacnonna), abbat of Daire-Dachonna, in Ulster, April 12, He was of the race of Conall Gulban, son of Niall (Mart
- CONNACHTACH(Conmacs.) May 10. This was the eighteenth abbat of Hy or Iona, and he presided A.p. 801-2. In the Annals he is called '
- CONNELL(Conat.]
- CONNLAis found twice in the Irisn calendars, first as Connla, son of Leinin, bishop, at May 10, and next as Connla, bishop of
- CONNMACH(Conmacn), of Armagh, succeeded Cudiniscus, but in what year is uncertain, probably some time after A.D. 790 (Four Mast.
- CONOC([Canoc.]
- CONODHAR([Conopran], of Fobhar, A., Noy. 3, A.D. 706. This seems to have been a person of note, as his death is entered in most
- CONON(1) Martyred under Decius in Pamphylia, March 6, was a gardener, said to have come from Nazareth, a simple, poor, hospit
- CONONITESThe followers of Conon, [Conon (4)] at the opening of the 7th century. They held the Tritheistie views of Conon's teache
- CONRACH(Conry), Feb. 23. On this day the calendars give Cruimther Connrach. Colgan says this is Conrach or Conry, brother of St
- CONRAN[CarmHaN (3).]
- CONRINTINUS(Bede, Martyrol. May 1, Auct.), bishop of Quimper. [CORENTINUS. | {C. H.]
- CONSECRATIONor tur ELEMENTS or THE COMMUNION. [Evcuarist.]
- CONSENTIUSa lay theologian of the time of Augustine, lived in certain islands, probably the Balearic, and wrote to submit some tre
- CONSORTIA, STvirgin, of Clugny. Her legend is as follows. Eucherius and his wife Galla, a pious couple, of senatorial rank, being pos
- CONSTANS[Constantine THE GREAT. ] CONSTANS II. ([Consranrinus IV.]
- CONSTANTIAsister of the emperor Constantine the Great, and wife of the emperor Licinius, patroness of Eusebius of Caesarea and Ari
- CONSTANTIANUS, STabbat and recluse, was born of a good family in Auvergne, in the beginning of the 6th century. In early
- CONSTANTINAwife of the Eastern emperor Maurice (A.D. 582-602), and daughter of his patron and predecessor, Tiberius IJ. (A.D. 578-
- CONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HIS SONSCONSTANTINE THE GREAT AND HIS SONS
- CONSTANTINUSborn about a.p. 274, Emperor 306-337. I. Authorities, A. Ancient.
- CONSTANTIUSFLAVIUS VALERIUS, surnamed CHLORUS (6 XAwpds, " the Pale"), Roman emperor, A.D. 305, 306, the father of Constantine t
- CONSTITUTIONS, APOSTOLICAL[Dict. of Christ. Ant. s.v. APOSTOLICAL ConSTITUTIONS. |
- CONTENTUSsaid to have been one of the early bishops of Man (Stubbs, Regist.154). [C. H.]
- CONTEXTUS, STbishop of Bayeux, cir. 420-513 (Gams, Series Hpisc.). He is placed as sixth prelate of that see by Sainte-Marthe. His na
- CONTHIGIRNUS(Annal. Cambr. ad an. 612), bishop of Glasgow. [KentiGERNA.] [C. H.]
- CONTOBABDITAEa section of the AGNOETAE, so called from the place where they had their head-quarters (Niceph. Call, xviii. 50).
- CONTUMELIOSUSbishop of Riez in Gaul, A.D. 524, He was addressed by Avitus, bishop of Vienne, who sent him one of his works, and asked
- CONUUALH(Bede, ed. Stevenson, Vit. Abbat. c. 4); CONWALH (Bede, ed. Giles, Vit. Abbat.), king of the West Saxons. [CoINWALCH.]
- CONUULFUS(Bede, H. £. Contin. ad an. 740, edd. Smith, Moberly); CONWULFUS (ibid. ed. Giles), bishop of Lindisfarne. [CynxWULF. ]
- CONVALLANUSabbat, commemorated Oct. 13. He is said by King to have been abbat in Scotland, and confessor under king Conranus (proba
- CONVALLUS(1) (ConwaLt), said to have been the 47th king of Scots (A.D. 568-578), celebrated for piety and for assistance rendered
- COPTIC CHURCH.*This is the name assigned to the church among those descendants of the ancient Egyptians who now bear the name of Copts.
- CORACIONchief of the Millenarians of |
- CORBANUS[CERBaAn.] CORBICIUS. [Manezs.]
- CORBINIANUS, STthe first bishop of Freysingen, in Bavaria, was the son of Waldeniksus and Corbiniana, and was born at Chartres, near Pa
- CORBMAC[Cormac] is a common name in Irish hagiologies, and chiefly prevails from the 8th to the 10th century. In a long list of
- CORCAN(Corcnevs, ConcuUNUTAN). There are three named Corcan in the calendars, two being given at Jan. 7, and one at Sept. 30.
- CORCARIA, CORCAIR[Curcacu.] CORCODEMUS, ST., deacon, of Auxerre;
- CORCUNUTAN[Corcan.]
- CORDIUSin the Latin version Concorpius, a presbyter who buries the body of the martyr Sabinianus in the same tomb with CuRysE.
- CORENTINUS, STborn in Brittany, is said to have been consecrated bishop for Cornwall by St. Martin of Tours (San Martin occurs in the
- CORINEUS, CORINIUS, CORINNIUSsupposed bishop of Anglesey. (Stubbs, Regist. 157.) ([Cyst.] {C. H.]
- CORIPPUS, FLAVIUS CRESGONIUSA Latin poet who flourished in the 6th century; identical, if the evidence of a 10th cen- tury MS. in the Vallicellian L
- CORMANBoece is the only authority for giving the name of Corman to the austere cleric who about A.D. 635 endeavoured, before S
- CORNELIAChristian at Rome (Cyp. Zp. 20, 21). Pamelius conjecturally altered Collecta into Cornelia in Zp. 21. (See Macarius.) ([
- CORNELIUS(1) the fourth patriarch of Antioch, who succeeded Heron on his martyrdom in A.D. 129, and occupied the episcopal chair
- CORNUTUSpresbyter of Iconium, who when persecution arose and all others fled, alone faced the governor and confessed himself a C
- COROTICUSto whom St. Patrick addressed his epistle, is supposed to have been Caredig or Ceredig of Cardigan, son of Cunedda Wledi
- CORPIANUSaccording to the maiority of the MSS. of Optatus (De Schism. Don. iv. p. 74), the name of a heretic who opposed martyrdo
- CORTYNIUSa captive redeemed by Mar- 'cellus (Disputation of Archelaus and Manes, 'Routh, Rell. Sac. v. 38). [G. S.]
- COSMAS(1) and DAMIANUS, brothers, physicians, "silverless" martyrs. These four facts are all that can be said to be known abou
- COTTAabbat, attests a charter of Suaebraed, King of the East Saxons, June 13, 704 (Kemble, C. D. No. 523; Birch, Fasti Monast
- CRALLOWelsh saint of the 6th century, patron of Llangrallo, otherwise Coychurch in Glamorganshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, 222). [
- CRATOa probably imaginary "bishop of the Syrians," asserted by Praedestinatus (i. 33)
- CREDANUS(1) Abbat of Evesham, in a MS. list preserved by Dugdale (Monast. Anglic. ii. 2), standing between Almund, who was abbat
- CREDULAMart. Carthag. a.p. 250. See ARISTO. [E. W. B.]
- CREEDfrom the Latin credo ; a summary of the chief tenets of the Christian faith. The word is generally limited in its applic
- CREMENTIUS(./. Clementius) (Cyp. Ep. vili. ix. xx.), subdeacon, took to Rome the announcement of Cyprian's retirement ; and brough
- CRESCENS-(1)The Cynic. [Jusrrn MarTYR. |
- CRESCENTIUSa controversialist of the 4th century, mentioned by Epiphanius. Alexander, canonised archbishop of Alexandria (A.D. circ
- CRESCONIUS(1) Bishop of Villa Regia in Numidia, at the end of the 4th century. He deserted his see and seized on that of Tubia, or
- CREWENNA, STone of the companions of St. Breaca, who came from Ireland to Cornwall in the fifth century. The parish of Crowan is jus
- CRIDA, STgives name to a Cornish parish on the river Fal, east of St. Probus and west of St.Mewan. It is mentioned in the curious
- CRISENIUSin the legend of St. Andrews in Scotland, is said to have been from the island of Nola and one of the companions of St.
- CRISPINAof Thagara, martyr at Thebeste, Dec. 5, A.D. 304, under Anulinus, proconsul of Africa (whose examination of her, as offi
- CRISPINUS(1), a presbyter of Lampsacus, which was his native city, who about A.D. 337 wrote a life of Parthenius, bishop of that
- CRISPIONarchdeacon to Epiphanius, canonised archbishop of Salamis, circ. A.D. 368-9—403, (Sozom. viii. 15 ; Patrol. Graec. Ixvii
- CRISPUS[CoNsTANTINE THE GREAT.]
- CRISTIOLUSWelsh saint of the 6th cen-
- CRITAN(1) Son of Illadhon, commemorated May 11. He and Cruimther Corbmac are on this day venerated at Achadh-finnich, on the r
- CRITICISM, BIBLICAL[InTERPRuTATION, BIBLICAL. |
- CROINE(Crone). (1) Of Cill-croine, virgin, commemorated Jan. 27. She was of the race of Maine, son of Niall of the Nine Hostag
- CROMACIUSauthor of a Cursus Orientalis, according to an ancient authority printed in Haddan and Stubbs (Councils, i. 140); probab
- CRONAN(5) Of Airdne (Aran Isles in Gal-way Bay), March 8. He is mentioned by Colgan (Acta SS, 715, col. 1) among those who had
- CRONANUS(Acta SS. Jan. i. 47; Hardy, Deser. Cat. i. 366.) [Mocuva.] {C. H.]
- CRONBEGabbat of Cluain-mic-nois (Clonmacnoise), April 6. According to Tighernach he succeeded Forcren as " abbat of Clonmacnois
- CRONE[Cro1ne.]
- CRONIUS(1) accompanied Athanasius ta Tyre, and signed his letter to the church of that place (Athan. ad Constant. i.797). Perha
- CRUAIDH COS-FHADA(or Long-legs), of Balana (now probably Ballina, a village in the parish of Templeachally, barony of Owney and Arra, co.
- CRUIMTHERThis is the Irish word for presbyter or priest, and often occurs in the calendars prefixed to proper names, and even as
- CRUIMTHERISwas a daughter of king Longobardus, and St. Patrick put her into a cell on Mount Kenngobha, to the east of Armagh (the "
- CRUITHNECHANOn March 7 in the calendars stands Caritan or Cariotan, of Drum-lara. with whom Colgan identifies this Cruith- nechan, b
- CRUNNMHAEL(1) Erbuilg, June 22. Crunnmael or Cruindmael Erbuilg, son of Ronan, of the sept of the Hy-Cennsealach, ruled for three
- CTESIPHONa Roman (probably) to whom St. Jerome writes from Bethlehem (Zp. 133, ed. Vall.) on the question of Pelagianism, on whic
- CTISTOLATRAE= xrioroddrpa, called also from their founder, Gajanitae, a subdivision of the Aphthartodocetae, themselves a sect of th
- CUACH([Cocca.]
- CUANThis name assumes various forms, which are more or less uniformly applied to
- CUANAN GLINNEabbat of Maghbile (Moville), Feb. 3. Among the saints and illustrious men of Maghbile in Colgan's Appendix to the Memoir
- CUANGHAS MAC DALLMarch 13. Colgan gives a very short memoir of "St. Cuangussius, abb. Liet-mor." His father was Alillus (or as it appears
- CUANNA(Cuanpa), (1) Abbat of Killchuanna and Lismore, Feb. 4. Of this saint Colgan (Acta SS. 249-52) gathers all the tradition
- CUANUS LAEGSIENSISActa S8. Jan. i.
- CUARAN(Corvinus, Koran), The Wise, son of Nethseman, commemorated Feb. 9. He appears in the calendars as Cronan, Cuaran, and,
- CUBApresbyter, attesting a charter of arch-
- CUBERT(Brut y Tywysogion, ad an. 775), abbat. [CUDBERTH. ] (C. H.]
- CUBRICUS[Manzs.] CUBOIRNE (Conpran, Cusran), Nov. 10.
- CUCHUIMNE(Cucumne), literally "the hound of memory," has no place in the Irish calendars, but is known as the author of a hymn in
- CUCOJOa heretic known only from some obscure references in the Syriac Hymns of Ephraim Against the Heretics (vol. ii. Assem.).
- CUCULUSa pet name given by Alcuin, according to his wont, to one of his disciples, who has not been identified. He occurs in Al
- CUDAMANabbat, attesting a charter of Ethelheard, archbishop of Canterbury, A.D. 805 (Kemble, C. D.No. 189; Haddan and Stubbs, i
- CUDARUS(Kovédapos), a Saracen, to whom a letter of Manes is addressed, of which we have a fragment in Fabric. (Bibl. Graec. vii
- CUDASerror for BUDAS or BUDDAS. | Manes. }
- CUDBERCT, -TUS(Bede, edd. Smith, M. H. B., Stevenson, H. #. Praef.; iv. 26-32 ; v.1; Vit. Cudbercti passim) ; CUDBERT, -TUS (Nennius,
- CUDBERTH(Cuserrt), abbat, died a.D. 777 (Annal. Cambr, ad an.), or A.D. 775. (Brut y TLywysog. ad an.) (C. H.]
- CUDBERTUS(Bede, H. Z#. Contin. ad an. 740, M. H. B.), archbishop of Canterbury, [CurHBERT. | (C. H.]
- CUDBURG(Gaimar, Zstorie, v. 1668, M. H. B. 704); CUDBURH (Henr. Hunt. ZHist., M. H. B. 724), foundress. [CurHBuRG.]
- CUDDabbat, attests a charter of Offa king of Mercia, A.D. 772, and another between 775 and 778 (Kemble, C. D. Nos. 120, 134;
- CUDDA(1) a nobleman at the court of Oswy king of Northumbria, "ex sodalibus regis valdé sibi amabilis et fidelis" (Hdd.), "se
- CUDRADUSpresbyter of the church of Lindisfarne, addressed as "venerandus pater," by Alcuin in or after A.D. 793, when Lindisfarn
- CUDRED(1) -DUS (Malm. G. 2. ed. Hardy, vol. i. 55; Henry. Hunt., Hist. in M. H. B. 727- 735); CUDRETUS (Bede, H. #. Contin. ad
- CUDSUIDAabbess. [Cursurpa.]
- CUDUALDabbat of the monastery of Oundle [Undalum], Northants, in a.p. 709, at the time of bishop Wilfrid's death (Bede, H. 2. v
- CUE-See also QUE-
- CUENBURH(CrensureG, CNEBURH, CWENBURH, QUENBURGA, QUINBURGA), sister of Ina king of Wessex and Cuthburga foundress of Wimburn Ab
- CUFAone of four abbats of the diocese of Winchester who attested an act of the council of Clovesho, Oct. 12, 803, another of
- CUGANAKICHabbat, is found in the Dunkeld Litany in the list of holy abbots, and is probably St. Congan (Bp. Forbes, Kal. Scott. Sa
- CUI-See also QUI-
- CUICHELMSeventh bishop of Rochester. He was consecrated by archbishop Theodore, as successor to Putta, who had forsaken his see,
- CUIRBIN[CERBAN. ]
- CULAN(Cotan, DAcHUALEN), B., has a memoir devoted to him by Colgan on Feb. 18, upon the authority of Ferrarius, Canisius, and
- CULCIANUSa prefect of the Thebais, who exercised severities on the Christians in the persecution under Maximin (Eusebius, H. #. i
- CULDEES(Dict. or Curist. ANTT. s. v. CoLwweE!.
- CUMANabbat of Glastonbury for two years (A.D. 800-802), after which he was succeeded by Muchan (Malm. de Antig. Glast. Eccles
- CUMANUS(Conanus), second abbat of Abingdon, succeeding Heane the founder. Cum-nor, tc. " Cumani ora," is said to have taken its
- CUMBERTUS(TumsBeErtUus), abbat of Glastonbury, A.D. 744-753, next to Cengillus. He is said to have received lands from a certain
- CUMIN(1) (Cummein), son of Dubh, of Druim-druith, Jan. 12. On this day Colgan (Acta SS. 58) gives a memoir of Cumian, who die
- CUMMAabbat of Abingdon, attesting a charter marked by Kemble doubtful or spurious (C. D. No. 81; Birch, Fasti Monast. 58). It
- CUMMANJuly 6. On this day Mart. Doneg. (by Todd and Reeves, 189) has Ethne and Cummian, and Dr. Todd adds in a note, "
- CUMMIANhas been identified with St. Cu-mine, abbat of Iona, to the historical injury of both [Cumin (5)]. He has also been iden
- CUN-See also Cyn-.
- CUNGALLUS(Hardy, Desc. Cat. i. 191), abbat of Bangor. [CoMGALL.] {C. H.]
- CUNGARanchoret, said to have been the son of a prince at Constantinople, and to have come into Britain about a.D. 711 to live
- CUNIBERCTbishop of Winchester. [CyNEBERT. |
- CUNIBERTbishop and confessor. April 25, He was given by his parents to be educated by the monks of Bammirini (Balmerino, Fifeshi
- CUNREDabbat of the monastery of St. Peter and St. Paul (afterwards called St. Augustine's) at Canterbury; he succeeded Gutard,
- CUNUBERHTUSabbat, attesting a charter of Aug. 26, 675, of Leutherius, bishop of the West Saxons, "actum public® juxta flumen Bladon
- CUNUULFUS(Bede, H. #. Contin. ad an. 740, in M. H. B. 288), bishop of Lindisfarne. [CYNEWULEF. | (C. H.1
- CUOENBURGabbess, attests a charter of Kenulf, king of Mercia, at a Witenagemot in London, Aug. 1, 811. (Kemble, C. D. No. 196, Ha
- CUP1N THE Communion. [EUCHARIS?.]
- CURCACH(Corcarr, QuoRRAIR.) Some female saints of these names occur, but their
- CURCNEUS([Corcan.]
- CURIG(1), latinised Cyricius, is the name of a Welsh bishop, whose memory is to be distinguished from that of Curig, Cyrique,
- CURITAN(1) Abbat and bishop of Ros: meinn, commemorated March 16. The Cain Adamnan states that Curitan the bishop was one of th
- CURNAN BEGof Cill-Churrain (Kilcornan), Jan. 6. Of the particulars of his life we have nothing beyond his genealogy. He was son of
- CURTCHEW(Curcuov) is probably a form of Constantine (the Saint), and thus a St. Cowslan or St. Cutchou is found at Garbost in th
- CURVINUS([Cuaran.]
- CUSA, CUSAN, -ANUSattests a charter of Eanbert of the Wiccii, A.D. 757, marked spurious or doubtful by Kemble; another of Uhtred, king of
- CUTHBALDmonk, and afterwards abbat, of Medeshamstede (subsequently called Peter-borough), succeeding Saxulf and preceding Egbald
- CUTHBERHTone of the five presbyters of the diocese of Lichfield 'who attest an act of the council of Clovesho, Oct. 12, 803 (Kemb
- CUTHBERT(1), the creat northern saint and bishop, was born, in the first half of the 7th century, in that district of ancient No
- CUTHBRITHA(Annales de Derleye, quoted in Monast. Anglic. ii. 89), foundress of Wimburn Abbey. [CUTHBURG. |
- CUTHBURG(Cuppurec, Cupspuru, CurtuBRITHA, CUTHBURGA), sister of Ina king of Wessex, foundress and first abbess of Wimburn. She w
- CUTHBYRHT(A. 8. C. p. 41, Thorpe), archbishop of Canterbury. [CUTHBERT.] [C. H.]
- CUTHFRITHThe twelfth bishop of Lichfield, counted from Diuma (Mon. Hist. Brit. p- 623). The Northumbrian annals, preserved by Sim
- CUTHGISLUS, CUTHGILSson of Ceolwulf, and brother of Cynegils king of Wessex. (A. S.C. and Flor. Wig. Chron. ad an. 674; Flor. Wig. Geneal. R
- CUTHMANUS, STCutmanus, or Cutmen, confessor, of Stenninga or Steyning, in Sussex. The period at which he lived is uncertain, and has
- CUTHRED(1) (AEprReEpDus in Henr. Hunt., in M. H. B. 716, GupReT in Gaimar), son of Cuichelm certainly, and most probably grands
- CUTHUUINUS(Malm. G. P. ed. Hamilton, 148), bishop of Dunwich. [Curnwin.] [C. H.]
- CUTHWIN(1) The first bishop of Leicester, who was appointed in 679 by archbishop Theodore when the Mercian dioceses were divide
- CUTSUIDA(Cupsurpa), abbess. A charter of Oshere king of the Wiccii, about A.D. 692, grants land 'ad construendum monasterium
- CUTULFabbat of Evesham in a MS. list of abbats preserved by Dugdale. He succeeds Tyldbrith, who is undated, and precedes Aldmu
- CUTZUPITAKESt. Augustine, Hp. 53 (165), describes the Donatists worshipping at Rome as known by the names Montenses or Cutzupitae ;
- CUUTFERT(Kemble, C. D. No. 116, a.v. 767), bishop. [CUTHFRITH.] [C. H.]
- CWENBURH(A. 8. C. ad an. 618), sister of Ina king of Wessex. [CUENBURH. ] [C. H.]
- CWICHELMS. C. ad an. 626, edd. Ingram, M. H. B., Thorpe), king of Wessex. [CUICHELM. | (C. H.]
- CWYFENWelsh saint of the 7th century, founder of Llangwyfen in Denbighshire; patron of Tudweilig in Carnarvonshire and of Llan
- CWYLLOGwife of Mordred the nephew of Arthur, reputed founder of Llangwyllog in Anglesey (Rees, Welsh Saints, 228). Kea:
- CYBAR(Crear, EpARCHIUS), anchoret near Angouléme. Butler thus spells the name, but the other works cited below, give Eparchiu
- CYBI(Cuzstvs, Kestvs), a cousin of St. David, but some years younger. The name is pronounced Kubby. He was present at the sy
- CYFEILACHbishop of Glamorgan, killed A.D. 756 (Brut y Tiwysog. as edited in Myvyr. Archaiol. of Wales, ii. 473; Haddan and Stubbs
- CYFYWas CWYNLLYW, Welsh saint of the 6th century, patron of Llangyfyw near Caerleon (Rees, Welsh Saints, 233). [C. H.]
- CYHELYN9th metropolitan of Caerleon, according to the Lolo Manuscripts of E. Williams (Stubbs, Regist. 154). [C. H.]
- CYLINNIUSa Gallic bishop, addressed in conjunction with bishop Proculus by Augustine "and the other fathers of Africa." The lette
- CYMATIUSbishop of Gabala, or perhaps Paltus, in Syria Prima, A.D. 341-362. It is supposed that he was one of the bishops who ass
- CYMUULFUSking of the West Saxons, died A.D. 757 (Bede, H. #. Contin. ad an. ed. Moberly). See CyNEULFUS. (C. H.]
- CYMWLF(Sim. Dun. ad an. 780, M. H. B. 665), bishop of Lindisfarne. [CyNEWULF.](C. H.]
- CYN-See also Cun-, Kin-, Kyn-,
- CYNAN6th metropolitan of Caerleon, according to Williams's lolo Manuscripts (Stubbs, Regist. 154). [C. H.]
- CYNBRYDWelsh saint of the Sth century, founder of Llanddulas in Denbighshire, slain by
- CYNDEYRNson of Arthog ab Ceredig, |
- CYNEBERHTUS(Kemble, C. D. No. 100, A.D, 755-757), abbat. ([CumBeRTUs.] [C. H.]
- CYNEBRYHTS. C. ad an. 799, M. H. B. 340), bishop of Winchester. [CyNEBERT.](C. H.]
- CYNEBURH, -BURGA(A. S. C. ad an. 657, M. H. B. 315; Flor. Wig. Geneul. Reg. Merc. M. H. B. 630), daughter of Penda and queen of Northumb
- CYNEDRID, -DRYD, -DRYTHA, -DRITHA(Hdd. "Vit. Wilf. c. 63; Liber Vitae Ecles, Dunel. Surt. Soc. 1841, various entries; Birch, Fass Monast. 59, 60), abbess
- CYNEDRITHA(Kemble, @. D. No. 151), queen of Mercia. [CYNETHRITHA. ] (C. H.]
- CYNEGILS(Kineatts), the first Christian king of the West Saxons. He was the son of Ceol, or Ceolric, succeeded his uncle Ceolwul
- CYNEGIUS(1) Prefect of the Praetorians at Rome, A.D. 384-390. In a.D. 384, the emperor Theodosius sent hima rescript at the requ
- CYNEHEARD, -HARD= (Crnenarp, CHENEHART, KEeNEHARD, KENEHERT, KINEHARDUS, KINEARD, KYNHEARD), etheling, bro- ther of SrgrBert king of Wes
- CYNEHEARDUSpresbyter, attesting a donation by Dunuuald to the church of St. Peter and St. Paul (afterwards St. Augustine) at Canter
- CYNESWITH(Flor. Wig. Gencal. Legg.
- CYNESWITHA, CYNESUITH, CYNES-
- CYNETHRITHan abbess of some religious house belonging to bishop Wilfrid. In A.p. 709 she received the silk robe on which his dead
- CYNETHRITHA, CYNETHRYTH(KyNETHRYTH, KINETHRITHA), wife of Offa king of Mercia, mother of Egferth, who succeeded his father, and of two daughter
- CYNEUALC, -UUALC(Kemble, C. D. No. 985), king of Wessex. [Cornwatcu.] [C. H.]
- CYNEULFUS(Flor. Wig. Chron. in M. H. B. 541), CYNEWLFUS (ed. Thorpe, vol. i. 50), etheling. [CyNEwULr.] (C. H.]
- CYNEUULF(Kemble, C. D. No. 104), king. [C. H.]
- CYNEWEALH(Wend. F. H. ed. Cox, Index), king of Wessex. [COINWALCH.]
- CYNEWULFking of the West Saxons; succeeded in 755 or 756, and reigned according to the best authority until 786. His reign thus
- CYNEWULF, CYNEWLFUS, CYNEULFUS(CiyevuLr, CHENEWLF), etheling, slain by Ina king of Wessex, A.D. 721. (A. S. C. and Flor. Wig. Chron. ad an. 721; Ethel
- CYNFABearly Welsh saint, patron of Capel Cynfab, formerly in the parish of Llanfair ar y Bryn in Carmarthenshire ; commemorate
- CYNFARCH OERchieftain in North Britain, afterwards a saint in Wales, in the 5th century; reputed founder of Llangynfarch in Maelor,
- CYNFARWYearly Welsh saint, patron of
- CYNFELYN AB BLEIDDYDWelsh saint, of Bangor Deiniol, of the 6th century, founder of Llangynfelyn in Cardiganshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, 260; E
- CYNFYW, CYNYWWelsh saint of the 6th century, possible founder of the church of Llangynyw in Montgomeryshire (Rees, Welsh Saints, 233)
- CYNGAR(CUNGAR). For the early Welsh saints of this name, and the difficulty of identifying them, see Rees, Welsh Saints, 183,
- CYNGENson of Cadell, prince of Powys in the 6th century, distinguished for the patronage he afforded to the Welsh saints, and
- CYNHAFALWelsh saint of the 7th century, founder of Llangynhafal in Denbighshire ; commemorated on Oct. 5 (Rees, Welsh Saints,
- CYNHAIARNWelsh saint of the 6th century, patron of Ynys Cynhaiarn, a chapel under Cruccaith in Carnarvonshire (Rees, Welsh Saints
- CYNI.-See also CYNE-.
- CYNIBALDUSabbat, attests two charters of Cuthred, king of Wessex, a.D. 749 (Kemble, C.D. Nos. 1006, 1007; Birch, Masti Wonast. 61)
- CYNIBERCT(1) (CyNeBERHT, KINBERT) fourth bishop of Lindsey, from a.D. 706 to 732 (Beda, H. #. iv. 12; Mur. Wigorn. i.; Symeon, de
- CYNIBILLbrother of bishops Cedda and Ceadda, and of the presbyter Caelin. He himself was presbyter to Cedda, and Bede relates ho
- CYNIBURGA(KrinesurGA, KINNEBURGA),
- CYNIDRWelsh saint of the 5th century, possible founder of Llangynidr and Aberyscir, two churches in Brecknockshire (Rees, Wels
- CYNIFRID, CYNIFRITH(1): Abbat of Gilling, co. York (in Gaetlingum), and brother of Ceolfrid, abbat of Jarrow and Wearmouth. He seems to hav
- CYNIMUND, CYNEMUNDa monk of
- CYNINWelsh saint of the 5th century, founder of Llangynin near St. Clears in Carmarthenshire, and said to have been a bishop
- CYNLLOWelsh saint of the 5th century, founder or patron of three churches in north Radnorshire, Nantmel, Llangynllo, and Llanb
- CYNMURWelsh saint of the 6th century, one of the companions of St. Teilo after his return from Armorica (Rees, Welsh Saints, 2
- CYNOG(Cynawe), son of Brychan, Welsh saint in the 5th century of eminent sanctity, -patron of several churches in Brecknocksh
- CYNONWelsh saint of the 6th century. He accompanied Cadfan to Bardsey, where he was made chancellor of the monastery. He is t
- CYNRED, -DUS(Flor. Wig. Chron. ad ann. 704, 708, 709), king of Mercia. [COENRED.] (C. H.]
- CYNRIC(Kywnricus, Kinyric, KINERICcUS, KENRICUS, CHENRIZ), etheling, son of Cuthred king of the West Saxons, a valiant and imp
- CYNUDYNWelsh saint of the 6th century, dean of the college of Padarn at Llanbadarn fawr. It has been suggested that a stone in
- CYNULF(1) (Ethelwerd, Chron. in M.H. B. 507, 508; Kemble, C. D. No. 100, A..
- CYNWALH(A. 8.C. ad ann. 648, transl. in M. H. B.), king of the West Saxons. [CorWALCH. ] (C. H.]
- CYNWISE, CYNESWITHAor KINESWITH, the wife of Penda, king of Mercia. She is mentioned by Bede as holding Egfrith, the son of Oswy, as a host
- CYNWULF(A. S. C. ad ann. 737, M. H. B.), bishop of Lindisfarne. [CyNEwuLF.] ([C, H.]
- CYNWYLWelsh saint of the 6th century ; one of the sons of Dunod, Dinothus, or Dinott, and co-founder with him of the monastery
- CYPRIANUS(1) THASCIUS CAECILIUS. Name.—He is styled Thascius Cypri- anus by the proconsul (Vit. Ponti), and styles himself Cypria
- CYPRIUSone of the seventeen guards in the story of CHRYSE. {G. S.j
- CYR(Butler, Lives of the Saints, June 16), infant martyr. [CYRICUS. ] (C. H.]
- CYRA(C1aR.]
- CYRENIUSduke, and governor of Pelusium on the Nile in the 5th century. Isidore of Pelusium, presbyter and abbat, complains in a
- CYRIACUS(1), and THEoputus, sons of HESPERUS and Zon, slaves of a rich man named Catalus, of Italy, martyred in the time of Hadr
- CYRICIUSor Quiricius (Cave erroneously calls him Syricius) bishop of Barcino (Barcelona) in Spain, c. 662. He was the author of
- CYRICUSmartyr, commemorated June 16. At Ecclesgreig, in the parish of St. Cyrus, Kincardineshire, and at St. Ceres, Fifeshire,
- CYRILLAnurse of St. Benedict, patriarch of the monks of the West. Shocked when a boy by the corruption of his fellow-students a
- CYRILLUS(1) bishop of Antioch, who succeeded Timaeus A.D. 283, and held the see for 20 years, to A.D. 304, when he was succeeded
- CYRINUS(1) bishop of Chalcedon, an Egyptian by birth, and a relative of Theophilus, patriarch of Alexandria, one of the most bi
- CYRIONbishop of Doliche, one of the subscribers to the Semiarian council of Seleucia. (Epiphan. Haer. 73, p. 874.) [G. S.]
- CYRUS(1) of Beroea, succeeded Eustathius as bishop of that city, on his translation to the see of Antioch in 325. He was pers
- CYRUS-FLORUS[Pauuus SitentraRivs.]
- CYTHERIUS(1) a resident at Caesarea, from whom Chrysostom had received much kindness during his short stay in that city, on his w