Berenice
Berenice
A titular see of Egypt which was situated at the end of Major Syrtis where Bengazi stands to-day. Its old name was Euhesperides, or Hesperides, for which Ptolemy III Evergetes substituted Berenice in honour of his wife (Droysen, Geschichte des Hellenismus, III, 2, 331). Like the other cities of Cyrenaica, it had received a Jewish colony, so it became early an important Christian centre. Dionysius of Alexandria (264-282) wrote a letter to its bishop, Ammonas (Eusebius, H. E. VII, 26), who is also spoken of in the “Apophthegmata Patrum” (Cotelier, Monum. Eccles. Graec. I, 385; Migne, P.G., LXV, 119). Daces was present at the Council of Nicaea in 325 (H. Gelzer, Patrum Nicaen. Nomina, 219). In 394, Probatius followed to Constantinople the Patriarch of Alexandria, Theophilus (Mansi, III, 852). The city was restored by Justinian (Procopius, De Aedif. VI, 2). It is mentioned with the wrong spelling “Beronice”, by Hierocles (733, 3) and by Georgius Cyprius (n. 794) among the bishoprics of the Lybian Pentapolis, but is omitted by the later “Notitiae”. It must have disappeared, like so many other sees, at the time of the Arab invasion in the seventh century.
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Lequien, Oriens Christ., II, 623-626; Gams, Series episcoporum, 462.
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Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Berenice
SEE BERNICE.
Berenice
in Greek mythology, was the daughter of king Ptolemy Philadelphus of Egypt and of Arsinoe, who was married to her brother Ptolemy. When the latter went to Syria to war, Berenice, who loved him dearly, vowed her hair to Venus in the event of his safe return, and placed it in the temple of Aphrodite Zephyritis. On the following day it was missed, and the Samian astronomer Conon affirmed that it had been placed among the stars. There may be found by the name of hair from the head’ of Berenice a group of stars near the tail of the Lion in the northern heavens, from 170 to 203 in a straight ascension. Its stars are all of or below the fourth magnitude, and many nebulous mists. Berenice herself was adored as an Egyptian goddess in the city of Memphis under Ptolemy V.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Berenice
BERENICE or BERNICE. Oldest daughter of Herod Agrippa I (Act 12:1). Married to her uncle Herod, king of Chalcis. Suspected after his death of intimacy with her own brother, Agrippa II, with whom she visited Festus, on his appointment as procurator of Judaea, and heard Paul’s defense (Act 25:13; Act 25:23; Act 26:30). Next, she was married to Polemon, king of Cilicia; but left him for her brother. Subsequently, she was mistress of Vespasian, then of Titus, who, when emperor, cast her off.
Fuente: Fausset’s Bible Dictionary
Berenice
bere-nes. See BERNICE.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Berenice
[Bereni’ce] See BERNICE.
Fuente: Concise Bible Dictionary
Berenice
Bereni’ce. See Bernice.