Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Aemiliani, St. Jerome an Italian philanthropist, was born at Venice, of noble parentage, in 1481. Having been taken prisoner in his youth, upon his release he dedicated his life to the care of orphans, and accordingly collected a considerable number of them in a house, where they were educated in virtue and industry. This laid … Continue reading “Aemiliani, St. Jerome”

Aemiliaius (1) A saint in Armenia, commemorated in the Latin Church Feb. 8. (2) Confessor in Africa, commemorated in the Latin Church Dec. 6. (3) Confessor, commemorated in the Greek Church Jan. 8. (4) Bishop of Cyzicum and confessor, commemorated in the Greek Church Aug. 8. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aelred, Saint Abbot of Rievaulx, homilist and historian (1109-66). St. Ælred, whose name is also written Ailred, Æthelred, and Ethelred, was the son of one of those married priests of whom many were found in England in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. He was born at Hexham, but at an early age made the acquaintance … Continue reading “Aelred, Saint”

Aelnurus the god-cat, an ancient Egyptian deity, sometimes represented as a cat, and sometimes as a man with a cat’s head. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aelnoth Monk and biographer, of whom nothing is known except his Life of St. Canute the Martyr, written in 1109. In this work he describes himself as a priest, a native of Canterbury, and states that he has lived in Denmark for twenty-four years. This gives 1085 as the date at which he left England. … Continue reading “Aelnoth”

Aellurus the surname, or rather nickname, of a schismatical patriarch of Alexandria, Timotheus AElurus, who for many years was the leader of the Monophysite party there and at Constantinople in the middle of the’ 5th century. SEE TIMOTHEANS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aellred SEE AELREDUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aello in Greek mythology, was the name of (1) one of the Harpies. Her mother was Electra, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys, who. married Thaumas, by whom she had these horrible children, and a very beautiful daughter, Iris. (2.) A dog of Actaeon. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aella in Greek mythology, was one of the Amazons, the first with whom Hercules fought, when he came to get the girdle of her queen. She was slain by that hero. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aelius, Publius Julius bishop of Debeltum, Thrace, towards the close of the 2d century, was one of several bishops who protested against the Montanist pretension to the gift of prophecy. Their signatures are produced in a letter a fragment of which is preserved by Eusebius, list. Eccles. v, 19) by Serapion. AElius ascribes the Montanist … Continue reading “Aelius, Publius Julius”