Volume 1

A dictionary of Christian antiquities : being a continuation of the 'Dictionary of the Bible' / edited by William Smith and Samuel Cheetham ; illustrated by engravings on wood.

Date:
[between 1890 and 1899?]
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Credit: A dictionary of Christian antiquities : being a continuation of the 'Dictionary of the Bible' / edited by William Smith and Samuel Cheetham ; illustrated by engravings on wood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LUCIUS (2) Two martyrs of this name wei'e commemorated Jan. 19 (1/ieron. Mart.). (3) Martyr at Tarragona, commemoj’ated Jan. 21 {Hieron. Mart.). (4) Martyr at Apollonia, commemorated Jan. 27 {Ilieron. Mart.). An African martyr of this name was commemorated the same day (^Acta SS. Jan. ii. 769). (5) Martyr in the city of Augusta (London) in Britain, commemorated Feb. 7 {Hieron. Mart.). (6) Martyr, commemorated Feb. 8, but it is not said where (^Hieron. Mart.). (7) Bishop, martyr at Hadrianople, commemo- rated Feb. 11 {Acta SS. Feb. ii. 5i9). (8) Martyr at interamna, commemorated Feb. 15 {Ilieron. Mart ). (9) Martyr, commernoi'ated March 2, but it is not said where {Hieron. Mart.). A ^ishop and martyr of this name at Caesarea in Cappa- docia was commemorated on the same day {Acta SS. Mar. i. 130). (10) Pope and martyr, commemorated on Mar. 4 ( Vet. Rom. Mart.; Bede, Mart. Auct.; Acta SS. Mar. i. 301). Two martyrs of this name at Rome, but without any designations, are men- tioned in the Alart. of Jerome under this day. Floras (ap. Bede Mart.) gives the bishop and martyr of Rome under Aug. 25. (11) Martyr in Nicomedia, commemorated March 13 {Hiemn. Mart). (12) Bishop and martyr in Cappadocia, com- memorated March 15 {Hiron. Mart.). The Acta SS. (Mar. ii. 391) say that Cappadocia should be Nicomedia. (13) Martyr at Alexandria, commemorated March 21 {Hieron. Mart.). (14) Of Cyrene, commemorated May 6 {Acta SS. May, ii. 99) ; the Menology of Basil makes him martyred at Cyprus, Aug. 21. (15) Martyr of Alexandria, commemorated May 13 {Hieron. Mart.). (16) Martyr in Africa, commemorated May 23 (Bed. Mart. Auct.). Hieron. Mart, names him Lucus. (17) Martyr in Sardinia, commemorated May 28 {Hieron. Mart.). (18) IMartyr at Nevedunum (Nyon), com- memorated June 6 {Hieron. Mart.). The Acta SS. (June, ii. 632) mention Lucius and Amantius, martyrs of Pai'iiia, under this day, but leave the period uncertain. (19) Martyr in the city of Dorosterum, com- memorated June 8 {Hieron. Mart.). (20) Senatoi*, martyr in Cyprus, commemo- rated Aug. 20 {Acta SS. Aug. iv. 28). (21) Bishop and martyr in Africa, commemo- rated Sept. 10 (Usuard. Mart.). (22) iMartyr with Chaeremon and others at Alexandria, or perhaps elsewhere in Egypt, com- memorated Oct. 4 {Acta SS. Oct. IV. 329). (23) Martyr in Africa, commemorated Oct. 18 {Hieron. Mart.; Acta SS. Oct. viii. 344). (24) Martyr with Tertius at Antioch, buried at Alexandria, commemorated Oct. 19 {Vet. Rom. Mart.). (25) IMartyr at Nicomedia, commemorated Oct. 20 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Auct.). LUCIUS (26) One of four “ soldiers of Christ,” martyred at Rome under Claudius, com- memorated Oct. 25 (Bed. Mart.). (27) Martyr at Rome, commemorated Oct. 27 {Hieron. Mart.). (28) Martyr, but it is not said where, com- memorated Oct. 28 {Hieron. Mart.). (29) Martyr in Lucania, commemorated Oct. 29 {Hieron. Mart.). (30) Martyr at Rome, commemorated Dec. 1 {Hieron. Mart.). (31) Martyr, commemorated Dec. 14 (Daniel, Cod. Litnrg. iv. 277). (32) Martyr in Africa, commemorated Dec. 15 {Hieron. 'Mart.; Bed. Mart. Auct.). [C. H.] LUCOSA, martyr at Antioch, commemorated on Mar. 5 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] LUCRATIVE TAX {Descriptio Lucrntivo- rum, and also unciae and denarismus). A pay- ment made to the Curiales of a city by the inheritors of an estate bequeathed to any one not a member of the Curia. Property left to the church was exempted from tins payment by a law of Justinian. [Immunities and Privi- leges OF THE Clergv, sect. ii. §8; I. 826.] [S. J. E.] LUCRE. [Covetousness.] LUCRETIA, virgin and martyr at Emerita (Merida), commemorated Nov. 23 (Usuard. Mart). [C. H.] LUCRITUS, martyr in Africa, commemo- rated on Jan. 14 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] LUCROSA, martyr at Augustodunum (Autuiij, commemorated on Sept. 24 {Hieron. Mart). [C. H.] LUCUS (1) Martyr in Greece, commemo- rated Jan. 8 {Hieron. Mart.). (2) Martyr in Africa, commemorated Jan. 18 {Hieron. Mart.). (3) Martyr with Musas, both deacons at Cordula, commemorated April 22 (Bed. Maid.). (4) Martyr in Africa, commemorated April 24 {Hieron. Mart.). (5) Martyr at Constantinople, commemorated May 8 {Hieron. Mart.). (6) Martyr at Alexandria, commemorated May 18 {Hieron. Mart.). (7) Martyr in Africa, commemorated May 23 {Hieron. Mart.). (8) Martyr at Rome, commemorated June 2 {Hieron. Mart.). (9) Martyr at Rome, commemorated June 12 {Hieron. Mart.). (10) Martyr at Alexandria, commemorated Aug. 9 {Hieron. Mart.). (11) Martyr at Alexandria, commemorated Aug. 16 {Hieron. Mart.). (12) Martyr in Mauritania, commemorated Oct. 17 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] LUCUSA, martyr at Rome, commemorated May 10 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] LUDDULUS, martyr, it is not said where, commemorated Oct. 9 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] LUDI SACERDOTALES. A law of the Emperor Theodosius the younger {Cod. Tlxeod.