Silvanus, bishop of Emesa

Silvanus, bishop of Emesa

Silvanus (3), bp. of Emesa. In extreme old age, after 40 years’ episcopate, he was thrown to the wild beasts in Diocletian’s persecution. Eus. H. E. viii. 13; ix. 6; Theophan. p. 9; Le Quien, Or. Christ. ii. 837.

[E.V.]

Fuente: Wace’s Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature