Ananias
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Ananias may refer to:
- Ananias ben OniasAnanias ben OniasAnanias the son of Onias was the son of the Jewish kohen gadol, Onias IV, who founded a Jewish Temple at Leontopolis in Egypt during the persecutions of Antiochus IV....
, general of Cleopatra III - Ananias of AdiabeneAnanias of AdiabeneAnanias of Adiabene was a Jewish merchant and mendicant proselytizer, probably of Hellenistic origin, who, in the opening years of the common era, was prominent at the court of Abinergaos I, king of Characene. He was instrumental in the conversion to Judaism of numerous native and foreign...
, Jewish merchant and mendicant proselytizer prominent at the court of Abinergaos I - Ananias and SapphiraAnanias and SapphiraAnanias and his wife Sapphira were, according to the Acts of the Apostles, members of the Early Christian church in Jerusalem.-The story:...
, members of the first Christian community, who were struck dead for lying to God - Ananias of DamascusAnanias of DamascusAnanias , was a disciple of Jesus at Damascus mentioned in the Acts of the Apostles in the Bible, which describes how he was sent by Jesus to restore the sight of "Saul, of Tarsus" and provide him with additional instruction in the way of the...
or St. Ananias II, missionary, martyr, and patron of St. Paul - Ananias son of NedebaiosAnanias son of NedebaiosAnanias son of Nedebaios , called "Ananias ben Nebedeus" in the Book of Acts, was a high priest who presided during the trial of Paul at Jerusalem and Caesarea. He officiated as high priest from about AD 47 to 59. Quadratus, governor of Syria, accused him of being responsible for acts of violence...
, a high priest who presided during the trial of Paul at Jerusalem and Caesarea - Ananias III, a saint in the 3rd century
- Ananias, priest and fellow martyr of Shemon Bar Sabbae (died 339)
- Ananias of Shirak or Anania Shirakatsi (610–685), Armenian mathematician and astronomer of 7th century
- Ananias I of ArmeniaAnanias I of ArmeniaCatholicos Ananias I was the Catholicos of the Armenian Apostolic Church between 949 and 968.His predecessor Yeghishe had been deposed as Catholicos and by church regulations no one could be elected during his lifetime...
(died 968)
People with the name
- Frans AnaniasFrans AnaniasFrans Ananias is a retired Namibian footballer. He competed for the Namibia national football team from 1996–1998, including the 1998 African Cup of Nations.-References:...
(born 1972), Namibian retired footballer - Ananias DareAnanias DareAnanias Dare was the husband of Eleanor White, whom he married at St Bride's Church in Fleet Street, City of London. He was father of Virginia Dare, whose birth on August 18, 1587 was the first recorded to English parents on the continent of North America.Dare was a London tiler and bricklayer...
(c. 1560–1587), husband of Eleanor White and father of Virginia Dare, whose birth was the first to English parents in North America - Ananias DavissonAnanias DavissonAnanias Davisson was a singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks. Davisson was born February 2, 1780 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. He spent his last years living on a farm at Weyer's Cave, about 14 miles from Dayton, Virginia, and died October 21, 1857. He is buried in...
(1780–1857), American singing school teacher, printer and compiler of shape note tunebooks - Ananías MaidanaAnanías MaidanaAnanías Maidana was a teacher and politician in Paraguay. For years he was a political prisoner under the dictatorship of Alfredo Stroessner...
(1923–2010), teacher and politician in Paraguay
See also
- Prince AnaniasPrince AnaniasPrince Ananias was the first operetta composed by Victor Herbert, to a libretto by Francis Neilson. It was produced by a troupe called "The Bostonians" at The Broadway Theatre in 1894 and remained in their repertoire for three seasons and was given more than 300 performances in all.- References...
, an operetta composed by Victor Herbert - Tenente AnaniasTenente AnaniasTenente Ananias is a town and municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.-References:...
, a town and municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil. - Jesus ben AnaniasJesus ben AnaniasJesus, the son of Ananias, was a plebeian and a husbandman, who, four years before the Jewish War against Rome began in 66 CE, went around Jerusalem prophesying the city's destruction. The Jewish leaders of Jerusalem turned him over to the Romans, who tortured him. The procurator Albinus took him...
, madman who predicted the fall of Jerusalem c. 62 CE - Anania (disambiguation)Anania (disambiguation)Anania is a genus of moths.Anania may also refer to:* Anania Shirakatsi , mathematician, astronomer and geographer* Bartolomeu Anania , bishop, translator, writer and poet* Luca Anania , footballer...
- Hananiah (disambiguation)