Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Sergius I, Pope Saint Born in Palermo, Sicily. Ascended to the papacy on 15 December 687 in Antioch, Syria; died in 7 September 701 in Rome, Italy. During his pontificate many Englishmen visited Rome. He baptized Caedwalla, King of the West Saxons in 689. Installed Saint Wilfrid in the See of Canterbury. Sent Willibrord as … Continue reading “Sergius I, Pope Saint”

Sergius and Bacchus Martyrs, d. in the Diocletian persecution in Coele-Syria about 303. Their martyrdom is well authenticated by the earliest martyrologies and by the early veneration paid them, as well as by such historians as Theodoret. They were officers of troops on the frontier, Sergius being primicerius, and Bacchus secundarius. According to the legend, … Continue reading “Sergius and Bacchus”

Sergius, a Monophysite priest Sergius (12), the name of the two Monophysite priests persecuted with John of Ephesus at Constantinople. He relates the sufferings of the Sergii, one of whom was his syncellus, the other his disciple. While John was imprisoned in the penitentiary of the hospital of Eubulus the two priests were seized, and, … Continue reading “Sergius, a Monophysite priest”

Sergius the name of several Roman Catholic pontiffs. I, pope from 687 to 701, contemporary with the Venerable Bede, was born at Antioch and reared at Palermo. The most noteworthy event of his administration was a dispute with the Eastern Church, which ultimately led to the separation of the East from the West. The emperor … Continue reading “Sergius”

Sergiots (SERGIETS, or SERGISTS), a section of the Paulicians who held in veneration the memory and writings of one Sergius, who lived at the beginning of the 9th century. His efforts led to a division his followers being known as Sergiots, and his opponents Baanites, after the name of their leader, Baanes. SEE PAULICIANS. Fuente: … Continue reading “Sergiots”

Sergiopolis A titular see in Augusta Euphratensis, suffragan of Hierapolis. Under its native name Rhesapha, it figures in Ptolemy, V, xiv, 19; as Risapa in the “Tabula Peutinger.”; as Rosafa in the “Notitia dignitatum” (edited by Böcking, p. 88), the latter locates in it the equites promoti indigenae, i.e. the natives promoted to Roman Knighthood. … Continue reading “Sergiopolis”

Sergestus in Grecian mythology, was a companion of AEneas, who is named in connection with the sailing match instituted by AEneas. His vessel stuck fast on a rock; but he was nevertheless rewarded with the gift of a female slave from the hero (Virgil, L’Eneid, 1, 510; 5, 121, etc.). Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological … Continue reading “Sergestus”

SERGEANTS Mal 16:35, properly Roman lictors, public servants who bore a bundle of rods, sometimes with an axe in the center, before the magistrates of cities and colonies as insignia of their office, and who executed the sentences which their masters pronounced. Fuente: American Tract Society Bible Dictionary Sergeants Acts 16:35, 38 (R.V., “lictors”), officers … Continue reading “Sergeants”

Sergeant, Ven. Richard English martyr, executed at Tyburn, 20 April, 1586. He was probably a younger son of Thomas Sergeant of Stone, Gloucestershire, by Katherine, daughter of John Tyre of Hardwick. He took his degree at Oxford (20 Feb., 1570-1), and arrived at the English College, Reims, on 25 July, 1581. He was ordained subdeacon … Continue reading “Sergeant, Ven. Richard”

Sergeant, John Born at Barrow-upon-Humber, Lincolnshire, in 1623; died in 1710, not, as Dodd asserts, in 1707 (MS. “Obituary of the Old Chapter”). He was son of William Sergeant, a yeoman, and was educated as an Anglican at St John’s College, Cambridge, graduating in 1642-3. Being appointed secretary to Bishop Morton of Durham, he was … Continue reading “Sergeant, John”