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6 articles found for “Lucius”

• Lucius

  Lucius was with Paul when Paul wrote the Epistle to the Romans, and he sent greetings to the church in Rome. Paul called him one of his "kinsmen." He appears only once in Scripture, in Romans 16:21.

• Lucius of Cyrene

  Lucius is a figure of the early church named in Acts 13:1 as one of the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch. He was from Cyrene in North Africa.

• Lactantius

  Lactantius (c. 250 – c. 325) was a Latin rhetorician and Christian writer from North Africa and the author of the Divine Institutes and On the Deaths of the Persecutors.

• Sosipater

  Sosipater was an early Christian named in Romans 16:21 as a "kinsman" of Paul. He was with Paul and sent greetings to the church in Rome.

• Simeon Called Niger

  Simeon called Niger is an early church figure named in Acts 13:1 as one of the "prophets and teachers" of the church at Antioch in Syria.

• Manaen

  Manaen is an early church figure named in Acts 13:1 as one of the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch. He is described as having been "brought up with Herod the tetrarch," that is, as Herod's foster brother.