Anicetus
Americannoun
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“Dost thou too forsake me?” she began, and saw Anicetus behind her, accompanied by Herculeius, the trier-arch, and Obaritus, a centurion of marines.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
Mother wit came to the rescue in the person of Anicetus the freedman, preceptor of Nero’s boyish years, and detested by Agrippina with a vigour which was reciprocated.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2019
Arrived in Rome I composed the succession until Anicetus, whose deacon was Eleutherus.
From Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation by Cassels, Walter Richard
The Paschal question awakened little interest in the days of Polycarp, and among the topics which he discussed with Anicetus when at Rome, it confessedly occupied a subordinate position.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)
Pearson objects to them on the ground that Eleutherius is spoken of in one of them as a presbyter, whereas Hegesippus describes him as deacon afterwards in the time of Anicetus.
From The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution by Killen, W. D. (William Dool)
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