Eleutherius

American  

[el-yoo-theer-ee-uhs] / ˌɛl yʊˈθɪər i əs /

noun

1. Saint, pope a.d. 175–189.

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Example Sentences

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 Butler, Alban

Saint Denys, the first Bishop of Paris, was thrown to the lions, who retreated before him; he was then beheaded at Montmartre, with Saint Eleutherius and Saint Rusticus.

From The Cathedral by Huysmans, J.-K. (Joris-Karl)

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 Newman, John Henry

In front of the Stoa Eleutherius was placed the divinity to whom it was dedicated; and within were allegorical paintings, celebrating the rise of "the fierce democracy."

From Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles by Cocker, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin)

And I question not that to a Wise man, and consequently to Eleutherius, it will be lesse considerable to know, what Men Have thought of Things, then what they Should have thought.

From The Sceptical Chymist or Chymico-Physical Doubts & Paradoxes, Touching the Spagyrist's Principles Commonly call'd Hypostatical; As they are wont to be Propos'd and Defended by the Generality of Alchymists. Whereunto is præmis'd Part of another Discourse relating to the same Subject. by Boyle, Robert