Smaragdus

Demand for these precious stones prompted the flowering of Sikait in the region called by the Romans Mons Smaragdus (Emerald Mountain).

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Smaragdus, and sometimes Haymo, whose authority is admitted to be of great weight with all the faithful.

Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather

Pearl, Smaragdus, Musk and Saffron, of each half a Scruple; and of

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When excavated in 1813 it was found to stand on an isolated pedestal, with an inscription recording that it was erected by the exarch Smaragdus to the emperor Phocas; and the mode in which the offering was made was worthy of the infamous subject and the venal dedicator.

Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood Hugh Macmillan

He is not to be confounded with Smaragdus, abbot in the diocese of Verdun, author of a commentary on the rules of St. Bennet.

The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler

In the first half of the ninth century Smaragdus, Abbot of St. Michael's on the

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

This peace lasted two years, but in 601 the war broke out again through an aggressive act on the part of Callinicus, who was recalled two years later, when his successor, Smaragdus, again made a peace with the Lombards which endured until after

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

But having consecrated her life to God and apparently seeing no other means of keeping this vow, she clothed herself as a man and under the name of Smaragdus gained admittance into a monastery of men near Alexandria, where she lived for thirty-eight years after.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Smaragdus was honoured as a saint in his monastery.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

The words of the pope were, however, lost upon the schismatics, and equally without effect was the violence of the Exarch Smaragdus, who seized Severus, the successor of Elias, and, by threats, compelled him to enter into communion with the orthodox bishop, John of Ravenna

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913