Acacius
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- AgathiusAgathiusSaint Agathius , also known as Achatius or Agathonas or Acacius of Byzantium, was a Cappadocian Greek centurion of the imperial army...
, also known as Acacius of Byzantium (d. 303), Centurion of the Imperial Army. Feastday: May 8 - Saint AcaciusSaint AcaciusSaint Acacius was a 4th century priest who lived in Sebaste, Armenia, during Diocletian's persecution. He was arrested and executed under the governor Maximus with seven women and one Hirenarchus, who was so impressed with the devotion to their faith he became a Christian and suffered the same...
, 4th century Armenian priest. Feastday: November 27 - Acacius of AmidaAcacius of AmidaSaint Acacius was Bishop of Amida, Mesopotamia in AD 400–425, during the reign of the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II.-Biography:...
(fl.FloruitFloruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active...
400–425), Mesopotamian bishop. Feastday: April 9 - Acathius of Melitene, 3rd century bishop, venerated by the Eastern Orthodox Church. Feastday: March 31
- Saint Acacius, leader of the Ten thousand martyrsTen thousand martyrsThe ten thousand martyrs of Mount Ararat were, according to a medieval legend, Roman soldiers who, led by Saint Acacius, converted to Christianity and were crucified on Mount Ararat in Armenia by order of the Roman emperor...
. Feastday: 22 June
Other uses
- Acacius the grammarian from Caesarea. A friend of LibaniusLibaniusLibanius was a Greek-speaking teacher of rhetoric of the Sophist school. During the rise of Christian hegemony in the later Roman Empire, he remained unconverted and regarded himself as a Hellene in religious matters.-Life:...
(314–394). - Acacius of CaesareaAcacius of CaesareaAcacius of Caesarea in Greek Ἀκάκιος Mονόφθαλμος was a Christian bishop, the pupil and successor in the Palestinian see of Caesarea of Eusebius AD 340, whose life he wrote. He is remembered chiefly for his bitter opposition to St. Cyril of Jerusalem and for the part he was afterwards enabled to...
(d. 366), aka "the One-Eyed", bishop in Caesarea, opponent of St. Cyril of Jerusalem - Acacius of BeroeaAcacius of BeroeaAcacius of Beroea, a Syrian by birth, lived in a monastery near Antioch, and, for his active defense of the Church against Arianism, was made Bishop of Berroea in 378 AD, by Eusebius of Samosata....
(d. 437), Syrian bishop - Patriarch Acacius of ConstantinoplePatriarch Acacius of ConstantinopleAcacius was the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 471 to 489. Acacius was practically the first prelate throughout the Eastern Orthodoxy and renowned for ambitious participation in the Chalcedonian controversy....
(d. 489), Eastern Orthodox, active in the monophysitism controversy - Acacius (Nestorian Patriarch)Acacius (Nestorian Patriarch)Acacius was patriarch of the Church of the East from 485 to 496. He is included in the traditional list of patriarchs of the Church of the East. During his reign he struggled to prevent the Church of the East from aligning itself with the 'Nestorian' doctrine espoused by the metropolitan Bar...
(d. 496), Patriarch of the Church of the East - Acacius, father of Theodora (6th century)Theodora (6th century)Theodora , was empress of the Roman Empire and the wife of Emperor Justinian I. Like her husband, she is a saint in the Orthodox Church, commemorated on November 14...
(500–548), empress of the Byzantine Empire - AcaciusAcacius (proconsul)Acacius was a Byzantine proconsul of Armenia Prima , c. 536-539 in the reign of Justinian I . The main source about him is Procopius.- Biography :...
, Byzantine proconsulProconsulA proconsul was a governor of a province in the Roman Republic appointed for one year by the senate. In modern usage, the title has been used for a person from one country ruling another country or bluntly interfering in another country's internal affairs.-Ancient Rome:In the Roman Republic, a...
of Armenia PrimaRoman ArmeniaFrom the end of the 1st century BC onwards, Armenia was, in part or whole, subject to the Roman Empire and its successor, the East Roman or Byzantine Empire...
(First Armenia), c. 536-539 - AcaciusAcacius (Alexandria)Acacius was a Byzantine military officer, active in Alexandria during the reign of Justinian I .Acacius was a native of Amida, and Zacharias Rhetor calls him "Bar Eshkhofo", which seems to mean "son of a cobbler...
, Byzantine military officer in Alexandria, c. 539-540 - AcaciusAcacius (curator)Acacius was a Byzantine imperial curator, active in the late reign of Justinian I . He is known for his role in a civil disorder incident of the 560s. The main source about him is a fragment of John Malalas. - Biography :...
, Byzantine imperial curator in the 560s - AcaciusAcacius (son of Archelaus)Acacius, son of Archelaus was a Byzantine official, mentioned as a representative of emperor Justin II in 573. He is known for causing a military disaster in a siege of Nisibis , early in the Roman–Persian War of 572–591.-John of Epiphania:...
, Byzantine imperial representative, active c. 573