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Grandson of Zacchæus; confesses to knowledge of secret truth of Holy Tree, 57; refuses at first to disclose the secret place of the Holy Cross, but is prevailed upon by starvation, 58, 59; baptismal name Cyriacus, 61;
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St. Cyriacus (deacon with a bound dragon, note the prominent maniple):
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But art historian Marina Belozerskaya's new book, To Wake the Dead: A Renaissance Merchant and the Birth of Archaeology (W.W. Norton & Company, $26.95), reveals that this style of espionage dates to the 15th century, when an Italian merchant, Cyriacus of Ancona, spied shamelessly for the Vatican as he made drawings and transcribed inscriptions on classical ruins within the Ottoman Empire.
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Cyriacus witnessed the vandalism committed by invading Ottoman forces, which ransacked the Macedonian city of Thessaloniki in 1430, destroying many of its ancient buildings.
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The most famous and influential narrative, however, is the so-called Judas Cyriacus version, also originating in Syria, which had it that a recalcitrant Jew named Judas reluctantly led Helena to the burial place of the three crosses, whereupon she proved which was the True Cross by using it to revive a dead man.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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Belozerskaya's biography of Cyriacus is deeply flawed.
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Cyriacus was the first to make accurate drawings of many famous sites, including the Parthenon and Hadrian's Villa, becoming in many ways the world's first archaeologist.
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She is accompanied by Judas Cyriacus to her right.
Caesars’ Wives Annelise Freisenbruch 2010
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A local Jew named Judas (St. Judas Cyriacus) suggested that three centuries of debris that had accumulated over the hill and the caves be removed.
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A local Jew named Judas (St. Judas Cyriacus) suggested that three centuries of debris that had accumulated over the hill and the caves be removed.
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