Eleutherius
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But yet in this Tryal, Eleutherius, it appears that though some of the Earth, or rather the dissoluble Salt harbour’d in it, were wasted, the main Body of the Plant consisted of Transmuted Water.
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 W. D. (William Dool) Killen
Eleutherius was chosen bishop of that city in 486; ten years after which king Clovis was baptized at Rheims.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
The spot where the three martyrs Dionysius, Rusticus, and Eleutherius suffered martyrdom, is the well-known hill of Montmartre.
From Mary, Help of Christians And the Fourteen Saints Invoked as Holy Helpers: Instructions, Novenas and Prayers with Thoughts of the Saints for Every Day in the Year by John J. (John James) Burke
He prayed in like manner for Britain, that the successful work of another Pope, St. Eleutherius, might be extended even to its four seas.
From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by John Henry Newman
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