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?]
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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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    22 (Usuard. Mart.; Vet. Rom. Mart.; Boll. Acta SS. Oct. ix. 477). (29) One of four “ soldiers of Christ ” mar- tyred at Rome under the emperor Claudius and buried in the Via Salaria; commemorated Oct. 25 (Usuard. Mart.; Bed. Mart.\ (30) Martyr with Soterichus and Valentina ; commemorated Oct. 26 (Basil. Menol.). (31) Martyr; commemorated at Nicomedia Oct. 30 {Hieron. Mart.^. (32) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Nov. 16 {Hieron. Mart.; Bed. Mart. Aiict.'). Another of the same name on same day at Antioch {Hieron. Mart.). (33) Martyr; commemorated in Spain Nov. 20 {Hieron. Mart.). (34) Martyr with Stephanus, both belonging to Antioch in Pisidia, under Diocletian, buried in Pisidia ; commemorated Nov. 22 (Basil. Alenol.). (35) ST., bishop, martyr; commemorated Nov. 23 {Hieron. Mart.). (36) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Dec. 5 Hieron. Mart.). (37) Martyr; commemorated Dec. 10 {Hieron. Mart.). (38) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Dec. 15 {Hieron. M‘^rt.). [C. H.] MARCUSIUS (1) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Jan. 19 {Hieron. Mart.). (2) Martyr ; commemorated at Tarragona Jan. 21 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] MARDARIUS, martyr, with four others under Diocletian ; commemorated Dec. 13 (Basil. Menol.; Daniel, Cod. Liturg. iv. 277). [C. H.] MARDIANUS, martyr; commemorated at Nicomedia Oct. 26 {Hieron. Mart.). [C. H.] MARDONIUS, martyr with others; com- memorated at Neocaesarea in Mauritania Jan. 24 (Usuard. Mart.; Boll. Acta SS. Jan. ii. 590) ; written Mardunus in Hieron. Mart. [C. H.] MAREAS, with Bicor, bishops, martyrs in Persia ; commemorated Apr. 22 (Usuard. Mart.). [C. H.] MARES, com. Jan. 25 {Cal. Byzant.). [C. H.] MARGARITA or MARINA, virgin, mar- tyr at Antioch in Pisidia ; commemorated July 20 (Bed. Mart. Auct.; Boll. Acta SS. July, v. 24); commemorated at Marina, ix^yaXofjidprvp in the Eastern church, July 17 {Cal. Byzant.; Dan. Cod. Liturg. iv. 263; Basil. Menol.). [C. H.] MARGARITA {Mapyapirys, the Pearl) is a term for the particle of the bread which is broken off and placed in the cup as a symbol of the union of the Body and Blood of Christ [Fraction, I. 687]. According to Daniel, how- ever {Codex Liturg. iv. 208, 416), it is equally applied to all the particles which are placed in the cup for the purpose of administration to the faithful, according to the Eastern rite, by means of a Spoon. [C.] MARIA [See Marv the Virgin, Festivals of] (1) Mary sister of Lazarus, martyr; com- memorated Jan. 19 at Jerusalem {Hieron. Mart. ; Bed. Maid. Auct.); Feb. 8 (Basil. Menol.; Boll. Acta SS. Feb. ii. 157); June 6 MARIA at Cl nstantinople (Boll. Acta SS. Jun. i. 621), [Martha (8).] (2) who called herself Marinus, and passed herself for a man ; commemorated Feb. 12 (Basil. Menol.) and other days. [Marina (11).] (3) Martyr; commemorated at Nicomedia Feb. 24 {Hieron. Mart.). (4) Martyr ; commemorated at Nicomedia March 12 {Hieron. Mart.). (5) Martyr; commemorated at Nicaea Mar. 13 {Hieron. Mart.). (6) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Mar. 14 {Hieron. Mart.). (7) Martyr ; commemorated at Nicomedia March 17 {Hieron. Mart.). (8) Martyr with Aprilis and Servulus ; com- memorated at Nicomedia Mar. 18 {LLieron. Mart.; Boll. Acta SS. Mar. ii. 619). (9) Aegyptiaca ; commemorated in Pales- tine April 2 (Usuard. Mart.; Boll. Acta SS. Ap. i. 67). She is commemorated on April 1 as “Our mother Mary of Egypt” in Cal. Byzant.., Cal. Aethiop., Daniel’s Cod. Liturg. iv. 256. Bede’s Auctaria gives her natalis on April 9, and her depositio April 8. (10) The wife of Cledpas; commemorated April 9 (Boll. Acta SS. Ap. i. 811). (11) Martyr ; commemorated at Rome, in the cemetery of Praetextatus, May 10 {Hieron. Mart.). (12) ad Martyres; her natalis on May 13 (Usuard. Mart.). Her natalis. on this day is kept in the Sacramentary of Gregory, but her name is not in the collect (Greg. Mag. Lib. Sacr. 88). Her dedication on this day (Bed. Mart.), appointed by pope Boniface {Vet. Rom. Mart.). (13) Martyr; commemorated at Thessalonica June 1 {Hieron. Mart.). (14) Two martyrs of this name commemo- rated at Rome June 2 {Hieron. Mart.). (15) Martyr ; commemorated at Aquileia June 17 {Hieron. Mart.). (16) The Magdalen ; commemorated July 22 ( Vet. Rom. Mart.; Basil. Menol.; Boll. Acta SS. July, V. 187). “The Ointment Bearer and equal of the Apostles” {Cal. Byzant.). Her house at Jerusalem said to have been turned into a temple, A.D. 34 (Ciampini, Vet. Mon. i. 155). (17) Matron of Jerusalem, the mother of John surnamed Mark ; commemorated June 29 (Boll. Acta SS. June, v. 475). (18) or MIRIAM, prophetess, sister of Moses; commemorated July 1 (Boll. Acta SS. July, i. 11). (19) Virgin, surnamed Consolatrix, in the 8th century; commemorated Aug. 1 (Boll. Acta SS. Aug. i. 81). (20) Patricia, martyr with Julianus and others under Leo Iconomachus; commemorated Aug. 9 (Basil. Menol.). (21) Martyr ; commemorated at Ravenna Nov 12 {Hieron. Mart.). (22) Martyr ; commemorated at Antioch Nov. 16 {Hieron. Mart.). (23) Martyr; commemorated in Africa Dec. 5 {Hieron. Mart.). (24) Martyr ; commemorated at Antioch Dec. 9 {Hieron. Mart.).