Marcellus
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In Christianity
- Marcellus of AncyraMarcellus of AncyraMarcellus of Ancyra was one of the bishops present at the Councils of Ancyra and of Nicaea. He was a strong opponent of Arianism, but was accused of adopting the opposite extreme of modified Sabellianism...
(d. c. 374), bishop - Pope Marcellus IPope Marcellus IPope Saint Marcellus I, pope from May 308 to 309, succeeded Marcellinus, after a considerable interval, most probably in May or June 308.Under Maxentius he was banished from Rome in 309 on account of the tumult caused by the severity of the penances he had imposed on Christians who had lapsed under...
, saint - Pope Marcellus IIPope Marcellus IIPope Marcellus II , born Marcello Cervini degli Spannochi, was Pope from 9 April 1555 to 1 May 1555, succeeding Pope Julius III. Before his accession as Pope he had been Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme. He is the most recent Pope to choose to retain his birth name as his regnal name...
, Italian pope - Marcellus of TangierMarcellus of TangierSaint Marcellus of Tangier or Saint Marcellus the Centurion is venerated as a Martyr Saint by the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church...
(Marcellus the Centurion), martyr - Pseudo-Marcellus, author of the Passio sanctorum Petri et PauliPassio sanctorum Petri et PauliThe pseudepigraphical Passio sanctorum Petri et Pauli is a late version of the martyrdoms of the two apostles, which claims to have been written by a certain Marcellus, thus the anonymous author, of whom nothing further is known, is referred to as the "pseudo-Marcellus"...
In Roman history
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus MinorGaius Claudius Marcellus Minor:See Gaius Claudius Marcellus for other men of this name, or Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior for his cousin, consul of 49 BC.Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor was a Roman senator and consul. He was a member of the distinguished Claudius family...
, Roman consul in 50 BC - Marcellus EmpiricusMarcellus EmpiricusMarcellus Empiricus, also known as Marcellus Burdigalensis , was a Latin medical writer from Gaul at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries. His only extant work is the De medicamentis, a compendium of pharmacological preparations drawing on the work of multiple medical and scientific writers as...
, Latin medical writer - Nonius MarcellusNonius MarcellusNonius Marcellus was a Roman grammarian of the 4th or 5th century AD. His only surviving work is the De compendiosa doctrina, a dictionary or encyclopedia in 20 books that shows his interests in antiquarianism and Latin literature from Plautus to Apuleius. Nonius may have come from...
, Latin grammarian and lexicographer - A number of men named Marcus Claudius Marcellus, including:
- Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 287 BC)
- Marcus Claudius MarcellusMarcus Claudius MarcellusMarcus Claudius Marcellus , five times elected as consul of the Roman Republic, was an important Roman military leader during the Gallic War of 225 BC and the Second Punic War...
(ca. 268 BC-208 BC), general in the Second Punic War - Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 196 BC)Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 196 BC)Marcus Claudius Marcellus was a consul and a censor in of the Roman Republic. He was the son of the famous general Marcus Claudius Marcellus , and possibly father of the three-time consul Marcus Claudius Marcellus .Marcellus first appears in Livy's history when his father, then curule aedile,...
, son of the last - Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC)Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 166 BC)Marcus Claudius Marcellus was Roman consul for year 166 BC , for 155 BC , and for 152 BC ....
(died ca. 148 BC), consul before and during the Third Punic War - Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 51 BC)Marcus Claudius Marcellus (consul 51 BC)Marcus Claudius Marcellus, was a member of the plebeian gens Claudia of the branch cognomitated Marcellus and a Roman politician.Marcellus was elected curule aedile in 56 BC. In 52 BC he was elected consul, together with Servius Sulpicius Rufus, for the following year...
, opponent of Julius Caesar - Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Julio-Claudian dynasty)Marcus Claudius Marcellus (Julio-Claudian dynasty)Marcus Claudius Marcellus was the eldest son of Octavia Minor, sister of Augustus, and Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, a former consul...
(42-23 BC), often simply called Marcellus, nephew and son-in-law of the Emperor Augustus - Several people named Marcus Claudius Marcellus AeserninusMarcus Claudius Marcellus AeserninusMarcus Claudius Marcellus Aeserninus is the name of several people in ancient Roman history:*Marcus Claudius, M. F. Marcellus Aeserninus is mentioned by Cicero as a young man at the trial of Verres , on which occasion he appeared as a witness, where, however, several editions give his name as C...
- Ulpius MarcellusUlpius MarcellusUlpius Marcellus was a Roman consular governor of Britannia who returned there as general of the later 2nd century.Ulpius Marcellus is recorded as governor of Roman Britain in an inscription of 176-80, and apparently returned to Rome after a tenure without serious incident...
, Roman governor and general - Marcellus Orontius, 3rd century neoplatonist and disciple of Plotinus
- Marcellus (usurper)Marcellus (usurper)Marcellus was an officer of the Roman Empire, supporter of usurper Procopius and usurper himself for a short time.There are two versions of the history of his usurpation, the first told by Ammianus Marcellinus, a contemporary historian, the second exposed by Zosimus, an historian of the beginning...
, 4th century Roman general - Marcellus (comes excubitorum) (6th century), commander of the ExcubitorsExcubitorsThe Excubitors were founded in circa 460 AD as the imperial guards of the early Byzantine emperors. Their commanders soon acquired great influence and provided a series of emperors in the 6th century...
- Marcellus (general under Justinian I)Marcellus (general under Justinian I)Marcellus was an East Roman general during the early reign of Justinian I .Marcellus is first mentioned by Procopius as taking part under Belisarius in the Battle of Dara against the Sassanid Persians in 530. He was one of the commanders of the Byzantine army's right wing...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
530s), Byzantine general - Marcellus (brother of Justin II)Marcellus (brother of Justin II)Marcellus was a brother of Byzantine emperor Justin II and general under his uncle, Justinian I .Marcellus was the son of Vigilantia, the sister of Justinian, and Dulcidio , and thus the brother of Justin II and Praejecta...
(fl. late 6th century), Byzantine aristocrat and general
In music
- John MarcellusJohn MarcellusJohn Marcellus is a trombone musician and teacher. He is currently Professor of Trombone at The Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, and past Chair of the Woodwind, Brass, and Percussion Department. In addition to his trombone teaching responsibilities at Eastman, Dr...
, world-renowned trombone virtuoso and teacher - Robert MarcellusRobert MarcellusRobert Marcellus was an American classical clarinetist and teacher. Marcellus is best known for his long tenure as principal clarinetist of the Cleveland Orchestra.-Biography:...
, American classical clarinetist - Marcellus HallMarcellus HallMarcellus Hall is an American artist and musician best known for his work in magazines including The New Yorker, Time and others.-Biography:...
, artist and musician
In other fields
- Marcellus, character in Hamlet
- Marcellus BossMarcellus BossMarcellus Graeme Boss was acting Governor of Guam from November 14, 1959 until his resignation on August 22, 1960. Boss first entered Guamanian administration with a 1957 appointment by President Dwight D. Eisenhower to the post of Secretary of Guam...
, 5th Civilian Governor of Guam - Marcellus StearnsMarcellus StearnsMarcellus Lovejoy Stearns was an American politician. He served as the 11th Governor of Florida, from 1874 to 1877.Born in Lovell, Maine on April 29, 1839, he attended Colby College and in 1861 left to join the Union Army. He lost an arm during the war, after which he was sent by the army to...
, American politician - Nawoon MarcellusNawoon MarcellusNawoon Marcellus was an elected official of the Chamber of Deputies of Haïti from 2001 until 2004. The first Muslim to hold the position in Haïti, he was formerly affiliated with the now defunct Lavalas Family political party of ex-President Jean-Bertrand Aristide.-Sources:Country Reports on Human...
, elected official of the Chamber of Deputies of Haiti from 2001 until 2004 - Cassius Marcellus Clay, nicknamed "The Lion of White Hall". An emancipationist from Madison County, Kentucky, United States.
- Marcellus WileyMarcellus WileyMarcellus Vernon Wiley, is a retired American football defensive end who played 10 seasons in the National Football League for four different teams. He was selected with the 22nd pick of the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft out of Columbia University by the Buffalo Bills...
, retired American football player
Place names
- Marcellus, Lot-et-GaronneMarcellus, Lot-et-GaronneMarcellus is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.-See also:*Communes of the Lot-et-Garonne department...
, France
United States
- Marcellus Township, MichiganMarcellus Township, MichiganMarcellus Township is a civil township of Cass County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,712 at the 2000 census. The Village of Marcellus is within the township.The Township Hall is located at 13163 Marcellus Highway, Marcellus, MI, 49067....
- Marcellus (village), Michigan
- Marcellus (town), New YorkMarcellus (town), New YorkMarcellus is a town in Onondaga County, New York, United States. The population was 6,319 at the 2000 census. The town was probably named after Marcus Claudius Marcellus, a Roman general, by a clerk interested in the Classics....
- Marcellus (village), New YorkMarcellus (village), New YorkMarcellus is a village located in the Town of Marcellus in Onondaga County, New York, USA. The population was 1,826 at the 2000 census. The Village of Marcellus is southwest of Syracuse and is in the southern part of the Town of Marcellus.-History:...
- Marcellus (village), New York