Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Severus Sanctus Severus (12) Sanctus (Endelechius). Perhaps identical with the rhetorician mentioned in the subscription of the Cod. Flor. of Apuleius, as teaching at Rome in 395. He is the author of a Christian idyll, in Asclepiad metre, upon the subject of a great cattle-plague; possibly that mentioned by St. Ambrose (Comm. in Luc. x. … Continue reading “Severus Sanctus”

Severus, patriarch of Aquileia Severus (31), patriarch of Aquileia, succeeding Elias c. 586. Like his predecessors, he was a strenuous champion of the Three Chapters. Soon after his consecration the exarch Smaragdus seized him in his basilica at Grado, where the bishops of Aquileia had taken refuge, and carried him off to Ravenna with three … Continue reading “Severus, patriarch of Aquileia”

Severus, patriarch of Antioch Severus (27), Monophysite patriarch of Antioch a.d. 512-519, a native of Sozopolis in Pisidia, by birth and education a heathen, baptized in the martyry of Leontius at Tripolis (Evagr. H. E. iii. 33; Labbe, v. 40, 120). He almost at once openly united himself with the Acephali, repudiating his own baptism … Continue reading “Severus, patriarch of Antioch”

Severus, L. Septimius Severus (1), L. Septimius, emperor, born at Leptis in Tripoli in Apr. 146. His family were of equestrian rank, and two of his uncles had been consuls. His early life at Rome was a mixture of study and dissipation, his talents attracting the attention of M. Aurelius, who conferred various offices upon … Continue reading “Severus, L. Septimius”

Severus, bp. of Monorca Severus (22), bp. of Minorca, known by his encyclical letter referred to in the book do Miraculis S. Stephani, composed by order of Evodius of Uzalis (Migne, Patr. Lat. xx. 731). Orosius had deposited some recently discovered relics of St. Stephen in the church at Magona (Port Mahon), where there were … Continue reading “Severus, bp. of Monorca”

Severus, bp. of Mileum Severus (19), bp. of Mileum or Mileus, a native of the same place as Augustine, and a fellow-student, lifelong friend, and member of the same monastic community. Early in his episcopate, probably in 401, Augustine, Alypius, and Samsucius had to explain their conduct in the matter of Timotheus and to call … Continue reading “Severus, bp. of Mileum”

Severus, Aurelius Alexander Severus (2), Aurelius Alexander, emperor, born at Arca Caesarea in Syria, Oct. 1, 205 (Lampridius) or 208 (Herodian). For an account of his family see ELAGABALUS. Like him he was made in childhood a priest of the Sun at Emesa, and when his cousin became emperor he and his mother Julia Mammaea … Continue reading “Severus, Aurelius Alexander”

Severus, Alexander Profile Roman emperor from 222 to 235 . He succeeded his cousin, Elagabalus, to the imperial throne. Origen was invited by his mother, Mammma, to Antioch as his tutor. Severns respected Christianity and granted tolerance though there was some anti-Christian legislation in his reign. He was a disciple of “syncretism,” uniting together against … Continue reading “Severus, Alexander”

Severus (3) and Severians Severus (3) and Severians. [See ENCRATITES.] Fuente: Wace’s Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature

Severus founder of the Gnostic sect named after him Severians (q.v.). He came from Sozopolis to Pisidia, and while a pagan was a lawyer. Receiving baptism at Tripoli, in Phoenicia, he became a monk and united himself with a society of zealous Monophysites. Banished, he came to Constantinople to seek protection from the emperor. He … Continue reading “Severus”