Saint Nazarius
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- Nazarius - a Latin rhetorician
- Saint Nazarius (Roman Martyrology)Saint Nazarius (Roman Martyrology)Basilides, Cyrinus, Nabor and Nazarius are saints of the Roman Catholic Church, mentioned in the Martyrology of Bede and earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology for 12 June as four Roman martyrs who suffered death under Diocletian....
- one of four Roman martyrs who suffered death under Diocletian - Saint Nazarius (Abbot)Saint Nazarius (Abbot)Saint Nazarius was the fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Lérins, probably during the reign of the Merovingian Clotaire II . He successfully attacked the remnants of paganism on the southern coast of France, overthrew a sanctuary of Venus near Cannes, and founded on its site a convent for women,...
- the fourteenth abbot of the monastery of Lérins. - Nazarius and CelsusNazarius and CelsusSaints Nazarius and Celsus were two martyrs of whom nothing is known except the discovery of their bodies by Saint Ambrose.According to Paulinus the Deacon's Vita Ambrosii, Ambrose, at some time within the last three years of his life, after the death of the Emperor Theodosius Saints Nazarius and...
- two martyrs whose bodies were discovered by Saint Ambrose - John Paul NazariusJohn Paul NazariusJohn Paul Nazarius was an Italian Dominican theologian.-Biography:He was born at Cremona. He entered the order at an early age in his native town and from the beginning was noted for his spirituality and love of study. It is most probable that he studied philosophy and theology at the University...
- a Dominican theologian