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He is considered to have been one of the first bishops of Laodicea, [1] or the first bishop of Cyrene. [2]There is also a Lucius mentioned in Romans 16:21. There is no way of knowing for sure whether this is the same person, but Origen identifies the Lucius in Romans with the evangelist Luke (Comm. Rom. 10.39)
Lucius is a masculine given name which began use as Lucius (Latin [ˈluː.ki.us]; Etruscan: Luvcie), abbreviated L., one of the small group of common Latin forenames ...
Simon Niger is a person in the Book of Acts in the New Testament.He is mentioned in Acts 13:1 as being one of the "prophets and teachers" in the church of Antioch: . In the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul.
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus or Gallio (Greek: Γαλλιων, Galliōn; c. 5 BC – c. AD 65) was a Roman senator and brother of the writer Seneca. He is best known for dismissing an accusation brought against Paul the Apostle in Corinth .
Lucius [1] Sergius Paulus or Paullus was a Proconsul of Cyprus under Claudius (1st century AD). He appears in Acts 13:6-12, where in Paphos , Paul , accompanied by Barnabas and John Mark , overcame the attempts of Bar-Jesus ( Elymas ) "to turn the proconsul away from the faith" and converted Sergius to Christianity .
In their opposition against the Homoian party supported by Emperor Constantius II, the Homoiousians claimed the legacy of Lucian and adopted the definition of 341 as their creed. [ 4 ] Other attempts to reconstruct Lucian's theology have started out with Paul of Samosata , whose rejection of the allegorizing tendencies of the Alexandrian School ...
Lucy is an English feminine given name derived from the Latin masculine given name Lucius with the meaning as of light (born at dawn or daylight, maybe also shiny, or of light complexion). Alternative spellings are Luci , Luce , Lucie , Lucia , and Luzia .
Saint Lucius is the name of: Pope Lucius I (died 254), pope from June 25, 253 to March 4, 254; Lucius (died 259), one of the Martyrs of Carthage under Valerian; Saint Lucius of Chur, first bishop of Chur (feast on Dec 2) Saint Lucius of Cyrene, one of the founders of the Christian Church in Antioch of Syria (feast on May 6)