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Anim (Heb., Anim’, , fountains; comp. AEnon; Sept. v. r. ), a city in the mountains of the tribe of Judah, mentioned between Eshtemoah and Goshen (Jos 15:50), in the district southwest of Hebron (Keil, Comment. in loc.). Eusebius and Jerome appear to call it Ancea (), and state that it was wholly inhabited by … Continue reading “Anim”

Anignon, Michael SEE ANINYON. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anigami (from an, not, and agami, came), one of the four paths by which, according to Buddhism, an individual may obtain an entrance into Nirwana, or a cessation of existence. The being that has entered this path does not again return to the world of men, and hence the name. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Anigami”

Anichini, Pietro an Italian engraver, lived in the 17th century. His principal works are, A Holy Family (1655): The Good. Samaritan: and the Portrait of Cosmo of Tuscany. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Anicetus, Saint, Pope Reigned c.157 to c.168. Martyr , born Syria. He allowed Saint Polycarp and the Eastern Christians to celebrate Easter on the 14th day of Nisan, regardless of whether it fell on Sunday. Feast , 17 April . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Anicetus, Pope Saint The Roman Pontiff who succeeded Pius towards the year 157, and reigned till about 168. According to Duchesne (Origins) the confusion of dates about this period is such that more exact verification is impossible. While Anicetus was Pope, St. Polycarp, then in extreme old age, came to confer with him (160-162) about … Continue reading “Anicetus, Pope Saint”

Anicetus, bp. of Rome Anicetus, bp. of Rome, stated in Eusebius’s History (iv. 11) and by Irenaeus (Adv. omn. Haer. iii. 3, 3) to have succeeded Pius. As to the date of his pontificate, see Lightfoot’s elaborate discussion in Apost. Fathers (part i. vol. i. pp. 201-345). As Polycarp visited him at Rome, and as … Continue reading “Anicetus, bp. of Rome”

Anicetus a bishop of Rome, followed Pius I about 157, and is called a martyr in the Roman and other martyrologies, although it is not certain whether he shed his blood for the faith. He received, about 160, a visit from Polycarp, and tolerated the custom of the Asiatics in celebrating Easter on the fourteenth … Continue reading “Anicetus”

Anianus ST., the successor of St. Mark in the patriarchate OF ALEXANDRIA, was a shoemaker whom Mark is said to have converted soon after his entrance into the city, and whom he is said to have established on the episcopal chair two years afterwards. St. Anianus governed the Church of Alexandria about twenty-two years viz. … Continue reading “Anianus (2)”

Aniane, Benedict of, Saint (745 -821 ) Abbot . After a short military career he entered the monastery of Saint Sequanus and later established a Benedictine house at Aniane, which became the model and center of the monastic reform in France under Louis the Pious. In 814 Louis founded for him the Abbey of Cornelimiinster. … Continue reading “Aniane, Benedict of, Saint”