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Aurelian, Roman emporor Aurelian, A.D. 270-275. The few facts which connect the name of this emperor with the history of the Christian church are as follows:-(1) he is said (Vopiscus, c. 20) to have reproached the Roman senate for not consulting the Sibylline books, as their fathers would have done, at a time of danger … Continue reading “Aurelian, Roman emporor”

Aurelian (Lucius Dominius Aurelianus). Roman Emperor, 270-275, born of humble parents, near Sirmium in Pannonia, 9 September, 214; died 275. At the age of twenty he entered the military service, in which, because of exceptional ability and remarkable bodily strength his advancement was rapid. On the death of Claudius he was proclaimed Emperor by the … Continue reading “Aurelian”

Aurelia, Saint And Virgin was a relative of St. Adrius, martyred at Rome in the year 257, who; having come to Rome from Greece, passed thirteen years in watching and praying, day and night, at his tomb, at the end of which time she died, and’ was buried with him. She is commemorated Dec. 2. … Continue reading “Aurelia, Saint And Virgin”

Aurela or Aureole (gold-co!ored), the crown of rays designed to represent flame, put by the old painters around the figures of saints, investing the whole body, as the nimbus (q.v.) does the head. Its form is generally ovoidal. Didron, Chr. Iconography, 107 sq. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aureilo, Ludovico an Italian; ecclesiastic, was a native of Perugia and canon of St. John of Lateran. He was considered by pope Urban VIII. one of the most learned historians of his age. He published an abridgment of Turseliu’s Universal History in 1623, another of Baronius’s Annals, and another of Bzovius’s great work on ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Aureilo, Ludovico”

Aurea (2), St. abbess of St. Martial at Paris in the time of Dagobert I and Clovis II. St. Eligius in 633 founded a nunnery at Paris in honor of St. Martial of Limoges, where he gathered together three’ hundred nuns and placed them under the conduct of St. Aurea, who governed them until the … Continue reading “Aurea (2), St.”

Aurea (Golden). A title given to certain works and documents: Bulla, the charter of emperor Charles IV, establishing (10 January, 1356), in union with the estates of the empire, the law of future imperial elections. Catena, a collection of Scriptural commentaries made by St. Thomas Aquinas. Legenda, a collection of lives of saints (legendae) by … Continue reading “Aurea (1)”

Aurbode in Norse mythology, was a giantess, the wife of the giant Gymer, and mother of the most beautiful giant maiden Gerda, whom Freir chose as his wife. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Auranus (), given as the name of the leader in the riots at Jerusalem against Lysimachus (2Ma 4:40), where he is described as a man far gone in years, and no less in folly. Other MSS., however (followed by the Vulg.), read , Tyrannus, which may be taken either as a proper name or appellative, … Continue reading “Auranus”

Auranitis SEE HAURAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature