Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Adeodatus II, Saint, Pope Reigned from 672 to 676. A monk of the Roman cloister of Saint Erasmus, he was active in promoting monastic discipline and in repressing the heresy of the Monothelites, who believed that there was but one will in Christ, i.e., no human will but only the Divine. Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Adeodatus I, Saint, Pope (or Deusdedit) (Latin: given from God) Reigned from 615 to 618. He is said to have been the first to use bullae or leaden seals for pontifical documents, whence the name Bulls. Feast , 8 November . Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary

Adeodatus I, Pope Saint (Adeodatus I). Date of birth unknown; consecrated pope, 19 October (13 November), 615; d. 8 November (3 December), 618; distinguished for his charity and zeal. He encouraged and supported the clergy, who were impoverished in consequence of the political troubles of the time; and when his diocese was visited by a … Continue reading “Adeodatus I, Pope Saint”

Adeodatus (II), Pope Saint (Reigned 672-676). A monk of the Roman cloister of St. Erasmus on the Coelian Hill. He was active in the perfection of monastic discipline and in the repression of the Monothelite heresy. Little else is known of him. Of his correspondence only the letters for the Abbeys of St. Peter of … Continue reading “Adeodatus (II), Pope Saint”

Adeodatus Son of St. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, b. 372; d. 388. St. Augustine was not converted to the Faith until he was thirty-two years of age. At seventeen he contracted an illicit relation with a young woman and Adeodatus was born of this union. Augustine, in his delight, named him “Adeodatus”, i.e. the “gift … Continue reading “Adeodatus”

Adenulf (or Atenulphus), archbishop of Capua, lived about the year 1590 (?), and wrote, in verse, The Office of the Martyr St. Mark, Bishop of Altino, who suffered-under Domitian, and other metrical works. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Aden (ADANE). It comprises all Arabia, and is properly known as the Vicariate Apostolic of Arabia and Aden. The present incumbent is the Rt. Rev. Bernardine Thomas Clark. It includes also the islands that depend geographically on Arabia, notably Perim and Socotra. From 1839 to 1851, it was part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Egypt, … Continue reading “Aden”

Ademar (Ademarus, Or Aymar) Of Chabonois was born in 988, and was a monk of St. Cibar of Angoulnme (or, according to some, of St. Martial of Limoges). He wrote, Chronidon a Principio Monarchie Francorum, chiefly from 829 to 1029 (published by Labbe):-also Commnemoratio Abbatum Lerorioensium Basilcce S. Martialis Apostoli: Letter to Jordanus upon the … Continue reading “Ademar (Ademarus, Or Aymar) Of Chabonois”

Ademantus SEE ADMANTUS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Adelphus a chorepiscopus (q.v.) to Adolius, bishop of Arabissus, in the middle of the 5th century. . He signed as proxy for his diocesan at the Council of Chalcedon. Moschus (Spirit. Prat. c. 29), followed by George of Alexandria in his Life of Chrysostom, antedates the episcopate of Adelphus by half a century; and, confusing … Continue reading “Adelphus”