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Asterius (bishop Of Milan) , Roman consul for 494
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Asterius may refer to: * Asterion or Asterius, multiple figures in Greek mythology * Asterius of Ostia (d.223), Christian martyr and saint * Asterius of Caesarea (d.262), Christian martyr and saint * Asterius, Claudius and Neon (d. 303), Christian martyr and saint * Asterius of Petra (d. 365), Bishop of Petra and saint * Asterius of Amasia, bishop of Amasia, later in the 4th century * Asterius (comes Hispaniarum), Roman general who defeated the Vandals in Hispania in various battles. * Asterius the Sophist, philosopher * Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius ( AD 494) was a Roman aristocrat during the reign of Theodoric the Great. He held the consulship with Flavius Praesidius in 494, having been ''praefectus urbi'' of Rome before holding that honor. One of the oldes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterion
In Greek mythology, Asterion ( Greek: , gen.: , literally "starry") or Asterius () may refer to the following figures: * Asterion, one of the Potamoi. * Asterius, one of the Giants. * Asterion, an attendant of the starry-god Astraeus. * Asterion or Asterius, king of Crete. * Asterion or Asterius, name of the Minotaur. * Asterion, son of Zeus and Idaea, a daughter of Minos. * Asterius, son of Minos and Androgenia, a girl from the Cretan city of Phaestus. He was the commander of Cretans who joined the god Dionysus in his Indian War. Asterius never returned to his homeland but instead settled among the Colchians and named them Asterians. There Asterius fathered Miletus, Caunus, and Byblis. * Asterius, a king of Anactoria ( Miletus) and son of Anax, son of Gaia. He was a slain by the hero Miletus who named after himself the newly conquered lands.According to Pausanias, an island named after him was thought to be a burial of him that existed near the city of Milesians. * A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterius Of Ostia
Saint Asterius of Ostia (d. 3rd century AD) was a martyred priest. Information on this saint is based on the apocryphal ''Acts of Saint Callixtus''.Sabine Baring-Gould, ''The Lives of the Saints''. Vol. 2. (J. Hodges, 1877). Digitized June 6, 2007. Page 506. According to tradition, he was a priest of Rome who recovered the body of Pope Callixtus I after it had been tossed into a well around 222 AD. Asterius buried Callixtus' body at night but was arrested for this action by the prefect Alexander and then killed by being thrown off a bridge into the Tiber River. According to tradition, his body washed up at Ostia and was buried there. Catholic Online Veneration Asterius was venerated from at least the 4th or 5th centuries. A saint with the same name, along with that of his daughter, w ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterius Of Caesarea
Asterius of Caesarea was a Roman senator, who became a Christian martyr. After Asterius gave a Christian burial to a Roman soldier Marinus of Caesarea, who suffered martyrdom, he too was condemned to martyrdom, and was beheaded. Both saints have their feast day commemorated on March 3 Events Pre-1600 * 473 – Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire. * 724 – Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan. * 1575 & ... in Catholicism. References 262 deaths Saints from the Holy Land 3rd-century Christian martyrs Year of birth unknown {{Saint-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterius, Claudius And Neon
Asterius, Claudius and Neon were a group of brothers, who suffered martyrdom. During the persecutions of Diocletian, the three brothers were handed over to the proconsul of Cilicia, Lysias. Martyred along with them were two women, Domnina and Theonilla a widow. Catholic Online Butler's account The hagiographerAlban Butler
Alban Butler (13 October 171015 May 1773) was an English Roman Catholic priest and hagiographer.
Biography
Alban Butler was born in 1710, at Appletree, Aston le Walls, Northamptonshire, the second son of Simon Butler, Esq. His father died when ... (1710–1773) wrote in his ''Lives of the Fathers, Ma ...
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Asterius Of Petra
Asterius of Petra was a Conversion to Christianity, convert from Arianism, and later the Bishop of Petra. At the Council of Sardica, in 343, Asterius denounced Arianism, as a heresy. This led to his exile in Libya, at the command of Constantius II, Emperor Constantius II. In 362, he was restored to his position of Bishop of Petra, by Julian the Apostate, Emperor Julian. Asterius attended the Council of Alexandria, where he was chosen as the delegate to carry a letter to the Church of Antioch, where he provided a report of the proceedings at the council for the church leaders of Antioch. He died in Petra in 365. Catholic Online References {{DEFAULTSORT:Asterius Of Petra 365 deaths Saints from the Holy Land 4th-century Christian saints 4th-century Syrian bishops Year of birth un ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterius Of Amasia
Saint Asterius of Amasea (Greek: Άστέριος Αμασείας, c. 350c. 410 AD) was made Bishop of Amasea between 380 and 390 AD, after having been a lawyer. "Writers from the time of Augustine", Villanova.edu. (''see below:'' References). "Asterius of Amasea, Sermons (1904). Preface to the online edition", Roger Pearse (translator), Ipswich, UK, December 2003, webpage: ECWritings-Aste He was born in Cappadocia and probably died in Amasea in modern Turkey, then in Pontus. Significant portions of his lively sermons survive, which are especially interesting from the point of view of art history, and social life in his day. Asterius, Bishop of Amasea is not to be confused with the Arian polemicist Asterius the Sophist. His feast day is October 30. Life and work Asterius of Amasea was the younger contemporary of Amphilochius of Iconium and the three great Cappadocian Fathers. Little is known about his life, except that he was educated by a Scythian slave. Like A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterius (comes Hispaniarum)
Asterius ( 419–422) was a Roman general who obtained the title of ''comes Hispaniarum'' in which capacity he participated in an important military expedition against the Vandals who had established themselves in the north of Gallaecia. He was also able to defeat the usurper, Maximus of Hispania who had taken refuge with the barbarian tribes there. Due to his military prowess and his considerable amount of battlefield victories, he was given the title of Patrician in 422. Campaign in Hispania After the victories of Wallia in the campaigns of 416 and 418, the defeated Alans and Silingi Vandals took refuge with the Hasdingi Vandals who were established in the coastal areas of Gallaecia, north of the Minho River. The Vandals, needing new territories to place their newly acquired populations, expanded to the south and blocked their neighbors, the Suebi at the Battle of the Nervasos Mountains of 419. In 419, Asterius was sent as ''comes Hispaniarum'' with a powerful Roman army ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asterius The Sophist
Asterius of Cappadocia (Ἀστέριος; died c. 341) was an Arian Christian theologian from Cappadocia. Few of his writings have been recovered in their entirety; the latest edition is by Markus Vinzent). He is said to have been a pupil of Lucian of Antioch, but it is unclear to what extent this was the case. He is said to have relapsed into paganism during the persecution under Maximian in 304 and thus, though received again into the church by Lucian and supported by the Eusebian party, never attained to ecclesiastical office. He was present at the synod of Antioch in 341. Fragments of his ''Syntagmation'' are preserved by Athanasius of Alexandria and Marcellus of Ancyra Marcellus may refer to: * Marcellus (name) * Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Roman commander Places * Marcellus, Lot-et-Garonne, France * Marcellus Township, Michigan ** Marcellus, Michigan, a village in Marcellus Township ** Marcellus Community .... His extant works include a commentary on the Psalms, a l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
