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.

Date:: [between 1890 and 1899?]

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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$Eom. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Auct.), but on Jan, 3 in Hieron. Mart. (2) Martyr at Nicomedia ; commemorated Feb. 22 {Hieron. Mart.). (3) Martyr; commemorated Mar. 30 {Hieron. Mart.). (4) Martyr; commemorated Ap. 2 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed, Mart. Auct.). (6) Bishop and confessor; his depositio com- memorated at Rome Ap. 20 {Hieron. Mart.). (6) Pope and martyr; commemorated at Rome Ap. 26 (Usuard. Mart. ; Vet. Eom. Mart.). (7) Martyr; commemorated at Milan May 6 {Hieron. Mart.). (8) Two martyrs of this name commemorated at Milan May 7 {Hieron. Mart.)\ one at Nico- media on the same day (Bed. Mart. Auct.). (9) Presbyter, with Peter the Exorcist; com- memorated at Rome on June 2 {Hieron. Mart. ; Usuard. Mart.; Vet. Rom. Mart.; Bed, Mart.). His natalis with that of Peter is commemo- rated on this day in Gregory’s Sacramentary, their names being mentioned in the collect (Greg. Mag. Lib. Sacr. 104). A basilica was said to hav'e been erected in their honour by Constantine on the Via Laircana, and his mother, Helena, was said to have been buried thei*e (Ciainpini, de Sac. Aedif. 122, 123). (10) Martyr ; commemorated at Rome June 27 {Hieron. Mart.). (11) Martyr ; commemorated at Cologne Aug. 9 {Hieron. Mart.; Florus ap. Bed. Mart.). (12) Tribune, martyr with Mannea or Mannis his wife; commemorated at Tomi Aug. 27 {Hieron. Mart.; Usuard. Mart.; Vet. Eom. Mart.). (13) Martyr; commemorated at Capua Oct. 7 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Auct.). (14) Martyr ; commemorated Oct. 20 {Hieron. Mart. ; Bed. Mart. Auct.). (15) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Nov. 26 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] MARCELLINUS, presbyter and confessor at Deventer circ. a.d. 800; commemorated July 14 {Acta SS. Jul. iii. 702). [C. H.] MARCELLOSA, martyr; commemorated in Africa May 20 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Auct.) [C. H.] MARCELLUS (1) Youthful martyr; com- memorated with his brothers Argeus and Mar- cellinus Jan. 2, at Tomi (Usuard. Mart.); but Hieron. Mart, calls him Narcissus, and assigns Jan. 3 to the three brothers. (2) Bishop of Rome and confessor; his de- positio at Rome in the cemetery of Priscilla, on the Via Salaria, commemorated Jan. 16 {Hieron. Mart.); the same day given to his natalis by Usuard and Bede. The sacramentary of Gregory celebrates his natalis on this day, and mentions his name in the special collect (Greg. Mag. Lib. Sacr. 18). His natalis is also observed in the Antiphonary (Greg. Mag. Lib. Sac. 662). The Vet. Eom. Mart, assigns Jan. 17 to him, on which day also Hieron. Mart, gives his depositio commemorated at Langres. (3) Martyr; commemorated at Nicomedia Feb. 16 {Hieron. Mart.). ^^4) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Feb. 18 {Hieron. Mart.). (5) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Feb. 19 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Auct.). (6) Martyr, commemorated in Africa Ap. 2 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Atu:t.). (7) Martyr ; commemorated in Africa Ap, 10 {Hieron. Mart. ; Bed. Mart. Auct.). (8) Bishop of Embrun, confessor; commemo- rated Ap. 20 (Usuard. Mart.). (9) Bishop of Rome ; depositio commemorated Ap. 26 (Florus, ap. Bed. Mart.). Usuard and Vet. Rom. Mart, name him Marcellinus. (10) Martyr; depositio commemorated at Ephesus May 25 {Hieron. Mart.). (11) Martyr; commemorated at Rome June 19 {Hieron. Mart.). (12) Martyr; commemorated at Rome June 27 {Hieron. Mart.). (13) Martyr; commemorated at Lyon June 28. On the same day this or another Marcellus was commemorated at Alexandria {Hieron. Mart.). (14) Martyr, with Anastasius, “ apud castrum Argentomacum;” commemorated June 29 (Usuard. Mart.). (16) Martyr; commemorated at Milan July 17 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed, Mart. Auct.). (16) Martyr; commemorated at Chsllons-sur- Saone, Sept. 4 {Hieron. Mart.; Usuard, Mart.; Florus, ap. Bed. Mart.). Hieron. Mart, mentions another of the same- name under this day comme- morated at Ancyra. (17) Bishop, martyr; commemorated Oct. 4 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Auct.). (18) Martyr; commemorated at Capua Oct. 6 {Hieron. Mart,; Bed. Mart. Auct.; Usuard. Mart.). (19) Martyr, with Apuleus, at Rome, under Aurelian ; commemorated Oct. 7 (Usuard. Mart.; Vet. Rom. Mart.; Hieron. Mart}). (20) Martyr ; commemorated at Rome Oct. 9 {Hieron. Mart.). (21) Martyr; commemorated at Acernum in Sicily, Oct. 11 {Hieron. Mart.; Mart. Auct.). (22) Martyr; commemorated at Chalcedonia, OcL 13 {Hieron. Mart. ; Bed. Mart. Auct.). (23) Centurion, martyr at Tingitana; comme- morated Oct. 30 (Usuard. Mart.; Vet. Eom. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Aiict.). (24) Martyr; commemorated Nov. 16 {Hieron. Mart. ; Bed, Mart. Auct.). (25) Martyr at Nicomedia; commemorated Nov, 26 {Hieron. Mart.). (26) Archimandrite of the monastery of the Acoemetae; commemorated Dec. 29 (Basil. Me- nol.; Simeon Metaph. Vit. Sanct. Dec. 29; Cal. Byzant.). (27) Deacon, martyr; suffered Dec. 7; his burial commemorated at Spoletum Dec. 30 ( Vet. E<m. Mart.) In Bed. Mart. Auct. his passio is on Dec. 30. [C. H.] MARCIA. [Martia,] MARCIALIS. [MARTIALIS.J . MARCIANA. [Martiana.]$