Epicharis (martyr)
Epicharis is the name of two Christian martyrs. 250 Her feast day is 9 January (the day of her martyrdom) in the Roman Catholic Church. Born in Africa, she was martyred in 250 with Felix, Jucundus, Secundus, Vitalis, and seven other companions. An Epictetus, a bishop, was recorded by St. Cyprian. 300 Said to be the wife of a Roman senator, she was martyred in Byzantium or Asia Minor in 300. Her feast day is September 27 Events Pre-1600 *1066 – William the Conqueror and his army set sail from the mouth of the Somme river, beginning the Norman conquest of England. * 1331 – The Battle of Płowce is fought, between the Kingdom of Poland and the Teuton ... in the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches. Some sources give her as a lady of a senatorial family, who was scourged and then smitten with the sword in Rome in the persecution of Diocletian. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Epicharis 300 deaths 250 deaths 3rd-century Christian martyrs Year of birth ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth. It is the world's largest and most widespread religion with roughly 2.38 billion followers representing one-third of the global population. Its adherents, known as Christians, are estimated to make up a majority of the population in 157 countries and territories, and believe that Jesus is the Son of God, whose coming as the messiah was prophesied in the Hebrew Bible (called the Old Testament in Christianity) and chronicled in the New Testament. Christianity began as a Second Temple Judaic sect in the 1st century Hellenistic Judaism in the Roman province of Judea. Jesus' apostles and their followers spread around the Levant, Europe, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, the South Caucasus, Ancient Carthage, Egypt, and Ethiopia, despite significant initial persecution. It soon attracted gentile God-fearers, which led to a departure from Jewish customs, and, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Roman Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics worldwide . It is among the world's oldest and largest international institutions, and has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilization.O'Collins, p. v (preface). The church consists of 24 ''sui iuris'' churches, including the Latin Church and 23 Eastern Catholic Churches, which comprise almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies located around the world. The pope, who is the bishop of Rome, is the chief pastor of the church. The bishopric of Rome, known as the Holy See, is the central governing authority of the church. The administrative body of the Holy See, the Roman Curia, has its principal offices in Vatican City, a small enclave of the Italian city of Rome, of which the pope is head of state. The core beliefs of Catholicism are found in the Nicene Creed. The Catholic Church teaches that it is th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jucundus (died 250)
Jucundus (variants include Giocondo, Iocundus, Iucundus, Jocund, Jucundus, Jukund), is a given name or surname of several people and of similar Christian saints. It may refer to: Saints *Saint Giocondiano (3rd century), martyr in Africa. His feast is celebrated on 4 July *Saint Jucunda (4th century – 466). His feast is celebrated on 25 November *Saint Jucunda, martyr in Nicomedia. His feast is celebrated on 27 July *Saint Jucundus (3rd century – 250), martyr in Africa. His feast is celebrated on 9 January * (; 4th century – c. 407), bishop of Aosta, Ursus of Aosta served as his Archdeacon. A companion of Gratus of Aosta to the Holy Land, he was killed with Saint Nicasius at Rheims in the fifth century. His feast day is celebrated on 30 December *Saint Jucundus (or Iocundus), of Bologna (; c. 5th century), bishop of Bologna. His feast day is celebrated on 14 November *Saint Jucundus of Sirmium (4th century), martyr in Pannonia. His feast is celebrated on 6 January *Saint Ju ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Secundus (died 250)
Secundus is the Latin word for "second." However, it also had the meaning of "favorable" or "lucky." It functions both as a proper name and a numeral title. It can refer to: People Ancient Romans *Pliny the Elder or Gaius Plinius Secundus (23-79) *Pliny the Younger or Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (61-c. 112) *Lucius Pedanius Secundus (died 61), consul and praefectus urbi *Pomponius Secundus, first century general and poet *Quintus Petilius Secundus (c. 40-c. 65), legionary * Quintus Pomponius Secundus, aristocrat and brother of Pomponius Secundus *Titus Petronius Secundus (40-97), a prefect of the Praetorian Guard Ancient Greeks *Secundus the Silent, second century philosopher who took a vow of silence Early Christians * Secundus of Abula, first century missionary and martyr * Secundus of Asti (died 119), saint *Secundus (died c. 295), martyr (see Carpophorus, Exanthus, Cassius, Severinus, Secundus, and Licinius) *Secundus of Ptolemais, fourth century bishop *Secundus of N ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vitalis (died 250)
Vitalis may refer to: People Given name * Vitalis Chikoko (born 1991), Zimbabwean professional basketball player * Vitalis Takawira (born 1972), Zimbabwean footballer * Vitalis Zvinavashe (1943–2009), Zimbabwean military figure and politician Surname * Gobeom Sie Vitalis (born 1990), Liberian footballer * Marie Vitalis (1890–1941), French flying ace * Mark Vitalis (born 1968), West Indian cricketer * Orderic Vitalis (1075–c. 1142), English chronicler and Benedictine monk * Vangelis Vitalis (born 1969), New Zealand diplomat Mononymous * Saint Vitalis (other), various people * Vitalis of Albano (active 1111–1126), cardinal-bishop * Vitalis of Assisi (1295–1370), Italian hermit and monk * Vitalis of Bernay (unknown–1085), Benedictine monk from Normandy * Vitalis of Farfa (fl. 888), Italian abbot * Vitalis of Gaza (unknown–c. 625), hermit and monk * Vitalis of Milan (c. 1st century), Christian martyr and saint * Vitalis of Savigny (c. 1060–1122), founde ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Archdiocese Of Zaragoza
In Ecclesiastical polity, church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided Roman province, provinces were administratively associated in a larger unit, the Roman diocese, diocese (Latin ''dioecesis'', from the Greek language, Greek term διοίκησις, meaning "administration"). Christianity was given legal status in 313 with the Edict of Milan. Churches began to organize themselves into Roman diocese, dioceses based on the Roman diocese, civil dioceses, not on the larger regional imperial districts. These dioceses were often smaller than the Roman province, provinces. Christianity was declared the Empire's State church of the Roman Empire, official religion by Theodosius I in 380. Constantine the Great, Constantine I in 318 gave litigants the right to have court cases transferred from the civil courts to the bishops. This situ ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Cyprian
Cyprian (; la, Thaschus Caecilius Cyprianus; 210 – 14 September 258 AD''The Liturgy of the Hours according to the Roman Rite: Vol. IV.'' New York: Catholic Book Publishing Company, 1975. p. 1406.) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is recognized as a saint in the Western and Eastern churches. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education. Soon after converting to Christianity, he became a bishop in 249. A controversial figure during his lifetime, his strong pastoral skills, firm conduct during the Novatianist heresy and outbreak of the Plague of Cyprian (named after him due to his description of it), and eventual martyrdom at Carthage established his reputation and proved his sanctity in the eyes of the Church. His skillful Latin rhetoric led to his being considered the pre-eminent Latin writer of Western Chr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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September 27 (Eastern Orthodox Liturgics)
September 26 - Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar - September 28 All fixed commemorations below celebrated on ''October 10'' by Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar. For September 27th, Orthodox Churches on the Old Calendar commemorate the Saints listed on ''September 14''. Saints * ''Apostles Mark of Bibloupolis,'' '' Aristarchus,'' ''and Zenas the Lawyer,'' ''of the Seventy'' (1st century)September 27/October 10 Orthodox Calendar (PRAVOSLAVIE.RU). Συναξαριστής. 27 Σεπτεμβρίου '' ECCLESIA.GR. (H ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ ΕΛΛΑΔΟΣ). * Martyr [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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300 Deaths
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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250 Deaths
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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3rd-century Christian Martyrs
The 3rd century was the period from 201 ( CCI) to 300 (CCC) Anno Domini (AD) or Common Era (CE) in the Julian calendar.. In this century, the Roman Empire saw a crisis, starting with the assassination of the Roman Emperor Severus Alexander in 235, plunging the empire into a period of economic troubles, barbarian incursions, political upheavals, civil wars, and the split of the Roman Empire through the Gallic Empire in the west and the Palmyrene Empire in the east, which all together threatened to destroy the Roman Empire in its entirety, but the reconquests of the seceded territories by Emperor Aurelian and the stabilization period under Emperor Diocletian due to the administrative strengthening of the empire caused an end to the crisis by 284. This crisis would also mark the beginning of Late Antiquity. In Persia, the Parthian Empire was succeeded by the Sassanid Empire in 224 after Ardashir I defeated and killed Artabanus V during the Battle of Hormozdgan. The Sassanids t ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |