Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Nicon a monk of Rhethus in Palestine, who is said to have compiled, about 1060, a work in Greek containing an abstract of Scripture, ecclesiastical law, etc., which has never been published in full. See Cotelerius, Monum. Eccles. Grac.; Fabricius, Biblioth. Greca, 1:275. SEE NIKON. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nicomedia, Eusebius of Bishop of Nicomedia; died 341 A pupil of Lucian of Antioch , Eusebius was the constant defender of Arius and exerted himself in every way to accomplish the downfall of Saint Athanasius and the other bishops opposed to the heresiarch. He succeeded in placing his tools in the sees of the deposed … Continue reading “Nicomedia, Eusebius of”

Nicomedia Titular see of Bithynia Prima, founded by King Zipoetes. About 264 B.C. his son Nicodemes I dedicated the city anew, gave it his name, made it his capital, and adorned it with magnificent monuments. At his court the vanquished Hannibal sought refuge. When Bithynia became a Roman province Nicomedia remained its capital. Pliny the … Continue reading “Nicomedia”

Nicomedes, Saint Martyr, died c.71. Roman priest; arrested for assisting the martyrs in their persecutions and for burying them. His catacomb is on the Via Nomentana at Rome, under the grounds of the Villa Patrizio. Some of his relics were transferred to Milan and Parma. Feast , Roman Calendar, 15 September . Fuente: New Catholic … Continue reading “Nicomedes, Saint”

Nicomedes a Christian of some distinction at Rome, who, during the rage of Domitian’s persecution, A.D. 98, did all he could to serve the afflicted followers of Christ: comforting the poor, visiting the- confined, exhorting the wavering, and confirming the faithful. For thus acting he was seized by the ferocious hand of power, sentenced as … Continue reading “Nicomedes”

Nicomachus Of Gerasa in Arabia (Eastern Palestine), a Neo-Pythagorean philosopher who flourished in the times of the Antonines, probably from.about 140 to 150 A.D., is noted as the author of Arithmetica (Paris, 1538; Leipsic, 1817; and again in 1861, 1866, and 1867), in which he teaches the pre-existence of numbers before the formation of the … Continue reading “Nicomachus Of Gerasa”

Nicomachus Of Gerasa in Arabia, a Neo-Py-thagorean (q.v.) philosopher of the second century. — M.F. Fuente: The Dictionary of Philosophy

Nicoluccius, Johannes Dominicus an Italian Dominican of Meldola, in the diocese of Forli, who was skilled especially in canon law, flourished about 1693, and wrote two or three theological works, which are enumerated in Jbcher’s Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nicolson, James a Scotch prelate, was minister at Meigle, when he was preferred to the see of Dunkeld in 1606. He died August 17, 1607. See Keith, Scottish Bishops, page 98. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Nicolson (Or Swetnam), John an English Jesuit, was born at Northampton in 1581. He became a preacher, was driven from his native country, and died as a penitentiary at Loretto, Nov. 4. 1622. He wrote a few theological works, for which see Jocher, Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature