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These fragments, which are now in the Vatican Christian Museum, filled out the middle part of the stele inscribed with the epitaph of Abercius.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Let the brother who shall understand this pray for Abercius.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The epitaph of Abercius is generally, and with good reason, regarded as older than that of Alexander, the son of Anthony, i.e. prior to the year of Our Lord 216.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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In 1894 G. Ficker, supported by O. Hirschfeld, strove to prove that Abercius was a priest of
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Christianity, whose members Abercius meets with everywhere; (3) The receiving of Jesus Christ, the Son of God and of Mary, in the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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Alexander, the son of Anthony, those of the middle part are the remaining fragments of the epitaph of Abercius, while the small letters give the reading according to the manuscripts of the Life:
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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The most interesting, perhaps, of all the inscribed monuments of the museum is that containing the famous epitaph of Abercius, one fragment of which was presented to Leo XIII by the Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the other by
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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For the possible relations of the emperor with Christian bishops see Abercius of Hieropolis, and
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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A Greek hagiographical text, which has, however, undergone alterations, and a Greek inscription of the second century have made known to us a certain Abercius, Bishop of Hieropolis, in Phrygia, who, about the middle of the century in question, left his episcopal city and visited Rome.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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In 1895 A. Harnack offered an explanation which was sufficiently obscure, making Abercius the representative of an ill-defined religious syncretism arbitrarily combined in such a fashion as to explain all portions of the inscription which were otherwise inexplicable.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize 1840-1916 1913
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