Volume 2

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.

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[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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    .070 MAOCABEES (18) Martyr ; commemorated in Africa, Nov. 9 (Jlieron. Mart.). [C. H.] (19) One of Libyan birth; commemorated at Alexandria Dec. 8 ( Vet. Rom. Mart.). (20) Patriarch of Alexandria; commemo- rated Dec. ^l>{Cal. Aethiop.). [C. H.] MACCABEES, seven brothers martyred at Antioch with their mother under Antiochus; commemorated Aug. 1 {Hieron. Mart. ; Vet. Rom. Mart. ; Bed. Mart.; Basil, MenoL). As- signed to .July 30 in Cal. Armen.; mentioned in some codices of the Gregorian sacramentary (^Lib. Sacrarn. 409, Migne). [C. H.] MACCARTHENNUS, bishop of Clochora in Ireland, confessor A.D. 506 ; commemorated Aug. 15 (Boll. Acta SS. Aug. iii. 209). [C. H.] MACEDONIUS (1) Crithophagus, Syrian anchoret; commemorated .Jan. 24 ((7a/. Byzant.; Boll. Acta SS. Jan. ii. 593). (2) Commemorated in Asia Mar. 12 (^Hieron. Mart.). (3) Pi’esbyter at Nicomedia, martyred with his wife Patricia and daughter Modesta; com- memorated March 13 (^Hieron. Mart.; Bed. Mart.; Vet. Rom. Mart.; Usuard. Mart. ; Boll. Acta SS. Mar. ii. 260). (4) Bishop of Constantinople, 6th century; commemorated April 25 (Boll. Acta SS. Ap. iii. 369). (5) Martyred with two youths in Greece; commemorated June 28 (Boll. Acta SS. June V. 358). (6) Martyred with Theodulus and Tatianus in Phrygia; commemorated Sept. 12 (Boll. Acta SS. Sept. iv. 20). (7) Martyr; commemorated at Caesarea, Nov. 1 (^Hieron. Mart.). (8) Martyr; commemorated in the city of Austis Nov. 21 (^Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] MACELLINUS, martyr, his depositio at Rome June 2 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] MACHADORUS^ Martyr with others at Antioch; commemorated July 19 (Boll. Acta SS. July, iv. 587). [C. H.] MACH ALDUS, bishop in the Island of Mona, 5th century; commemorated Ap. 25. (Boll. Acta SS. Ap. iii. 366). [C. H.] MACHAONIA, martyr in Africa; comme- morated Dec. 15 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] MACHARIA. [Macaria.] MACHARIUS. [Macarius.] MACHARUS (1) 'Commemorated April 12 {Hieron. Mart.). (2) Commemorated July 10 at Alexandria and at Antioch {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] MACHROSA, martyr in Africa ; commemo- rated Dec. 15 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H,] ® Machadorus Is the heading of Acta SS.; but in the text Macedo, while Hieron. Mart, (which is the authority quoted) has Macharius, in Migne. Potthast also gives Machadorus. MACON, COUNCILS OF MACHUTUS, bishop; his depositio comme- morated at Antioch, Nov. 15 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] MACIDALES, martyr; commemorated at Rome, June 12 {Hieron. Mart.). [Magdales.] [C. H.] MACNISCIUS, bishop of Coneria, or Con- nereth, in Ireland, 6th century; commemorated Sept. 3 (Boll. Acta SS. Sept. i. 664). [C. H.] MACON, COUNCILS OF {Matisconensia Concilia). Three councils of Macon are recorded ; the two first being held by command of king Guntram. 1. A.D. 581, when 21 bishops subscribed to 19 canons: Priscus of Lyons first, and Evantius of Vienne next. In their preface they declare they are not going to make new canons so much as sanction the old. Yet their 6th canon is novel, as well in speaking of archbishops at all, as in ordering that they shall not say mass without their palls. So is the 7th, which threatens civil judges with excommunication if they proceed against any clerk, except on criminal charges. So is the 9th, which orders Mondays, Wednes- days, and Fridays from Nov. 11 to Dec. 25 to be kept as fasts. Others relating to married priests and bishops, and to the Jews in general, are remarkable for their severity. Nine more canons are cited by Burchard and others as having been passed at this council. (Mansi, ix. 931-940.) [E. S. Ff.] 2. A.D. 585, when 43 j ieseut and 20 absent bishops, through tlieir dapatic's, subscribed t<^ 20 canons. In their preface Priscus, bishop of Lyons, is styled patriarch. The first canon is a short homily for the better observance of Sunday. By the second, no work may be done for six days at Easter. In the sixth, the 41st African canon is quoted with approval, which orders that the Eucharist shall be celebrated on all days of the year but one fasting; and further provision is made for what remains after celebration, by directing that it shall be con- sumed by persons of unblemished character, brought to church for that purpose, and enjoined to come fasting, on Wednesdays and Fridays, having been first sprinkled with wine. By the seventh, slaves that have been set free bv the church are not to be molested before the magis- trate. By the eighth, none that have taken .sanctuary may be touched till the priest has been consulted. By the ninth and tenth, the civil power may not proceed against any bishop, except through his metropolitan; nor against any priest, deacon, or sub-deacon, except through their bishop. By the sixteenth, no relict of a sub-deacon, exorcist, or acolyth may marry again. By the nineteenth, clerks may not fre- quent courts where capital causes are tried. The twentieth orders the holding of councils every three years, and charges the bishop of Lyons w'ith assembling them, subject to the as- sent of the king, who is to fix where they shall meet. King Guntram, in a dignified ordinance, published at the close of this council, intimates that the civil authority will not hesitate to step in, if the canons are not enforced with due rigour. (Mansi, ix. 947-64.) 3. A.D. 624, or four or five yeaVs earlier, ac- cording to Mansi, when the rule of St. Colum