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APPII-FORUM Market place of Appius, a village or market town, founded by Appius Claudius on the great road (via Appia) which he constructed from Rome to Capua. It is most probably to be found in the present Casarillo di Santa Maria, situated forty miles from Rome, in the borders of the Pontine marshes, where are … Continue reading “Appii Forum”

Appii Appii Forum (p’py–f’rum), forum, or market-place of Appius. A well-known station on the Appian road, which led from Rome to Capua. It doubtless derived its name from Appius Claudius, who constructed the road. It was about 43 Roman miles from Rome, and its site is marked by some ruins near Treponti. A body of … Continue reading “Appii”

Appianus, St SEE AMPHIAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Appiano, Paolo Antonio an Italian Jesuit preacher and historian, was born at Ascoli in 1639. Having become a member of the Arcadian Society, he allied himself with the learned Magliabecchi and the poet John Baptist Saginoli. He was appointed recorder of the Inquisition; but he was especially noted as a preacher and an historian. He … Continue reading “Appiano, Paolo Antonio”

Appian Way Road constructed by Appius Claudius in 312 B.C. between Rome and Capua, and later extended to Brindisi. Saint Paul journeyed over it on his way to Rome. It is mentioned frequently in the Roman Martyrology as the site of the sufferings and burial of many martyrs. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Appian (or Apphian) SEE AMPHIAN. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Apphus (pron. Af’fus, [and so Josephus, Ant. 12, 6,1] v. r. or ), the surname (1Ma 2:5) of Jonathan Maccabseus (see Ewald, Gesch. Isr. 3, 2:353), apparently (Frankel, Vorstud. zur LXX, p. 96) from the Syro-Chald. , chappus’, crafty (Grimm, Handb. in loc.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature Apphus APPHUS (1Ma 2:5).The … Continue reading “Apphus”

Apphianus, or Appianus, or Amphianus, M Apphianus, or Appianus, or Amphianus, M., a son of rich parents at “Pagae” (probably Araxas) in Lycia, educated in the schools of Berytus, who being not twenty years old interrupted the governor at Caesarea when sacrificing, by an exhortation to desist from idolatry, and was, after horrible tortures-e.g. by … Continue reading “Apphianus, or Appianus, or Amphianus, M”

Apphia (Or Appia), St the supposed wife of Philemon, the disciple of Paul, is said to have been martyred with her husband at Colosse, Nov. 22, during. the reign of Nero. See Baillet, Nov. 22. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

APPHIA Phm 1:2, supposed by some to have been the wife of Philemon. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Apphia (in some Manuscripts and VSS [Note: SS Versions.] Aphphia or Appia) A Christian lady of Colossae, designated by St. Paul (Phm 1:2) as sister (, so ADE), in the Christian sense. Authorized Version , following … Continue reading “Apphia”