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Wace's Dictionary of Early Christian Biography

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Caecilia, Saint, Roman Lady Caecilianus, Archdeacon and Bishop of Carthage Caesarius, Bishop of Arles Caesarius, Bishop of Chrysostom Caesarius, of Nazianzus Cainites Caius, Ecclesiastical Writer Caius, Pope Calandio or Calendio, Bishop of Antioch Calligonus, Eunuch and Chamberlain to Valentinian II Callistus, Pope Caprasius Presbyter at Lerins Capreolus, Bishop of Carthage Caracalla, the Nickname of M. Aurelius Severus Antoninus Bassianus Caritas, Martyr Carpocrates, Philospher Cassianus (11) Johannes, Founder of Western Monachism Cassianus, Bishop of Autun Cassianus, Julius, a Heretical Teacher Cassiodorus (or Rather, Cassiodorius) Magnus Aurelius Catharine, Martyr of Alexandria Caulacau Celsus, Polemical Adversary of Christianity Cerdo, Gnostic Teacher Cerinthus, Opponent of Saint John Christopher, a Martyr of Universal Fame Chromatius, Bishop of Aquileia Chrysippus, Guardian of the Holy Cross Chrysogonus, Martyr Under Diocletian Chrysologus, Petrus, Archbishop of Ravenna Chrysostom, John, Bishop of Constantinople Claudius, the Emperor Clemens Romanus of Rome Clemens, Flavius, First Cousin of Domitian Clement of Alexandria Clementine Literature Cletus or Anacletus, Bishop of Rome Clovis, King of Salian Franks Coelestinus, Commonly Called Celestine, B.p. of Rome Coelestius, Heretic of Hibernian Scots Coelicolae Colluthus, Presbyter and Sect Founder Collyridians Columba (1) ColuMcIlle Columbanus, Abbat of Luxeuil and Bobbio Comgall Commodianus Commodus Constans I Constantinus I Constantinus II, the Eldest Son of Constantine the Great Constantius I, Flavius Valerius, Emperor Constantius II, Son of Constantius Cornelius, Bishop of Rome Cosmas (1) and Damianus, Silverless Martyrs Cosmas (3), Indian Navigator Cyprianus (1) Thascius Caecilius Cyra Cyriac, Patriarch of Constantinople Cyrillus (13), Hagiologist Cyrillus, Archbishop of Alexandria Cyrillus, Bishop of Jerusalem
Henry Wace
Henry Wace

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Designed to render to a wider circle, alike of clergy and of laity, the service which, as is generally admitted, has been rendered to the learned world by The Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects, and Doctrines, published under the editorship of Dr. Wace and the late Dr. Wm. Smith, about twenty years ago, in four large volumes.

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