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Marcellus

(Encyclopedia) MarcellusMarcellusmärsĕlˈəs [key], principal plebeian family of the ancient Roman gens Claudia. Marcus Claudius Marcellus, c.268–208 b.c., was consul five times. In his first…

Marcellus of Ancyra

(Encyclopedia) Marcellus of AncyraMarcellus of Ancyramärsĕlˈəs, [key]Marcellus of Ancyraănsīˈrə [key], fl. 350, Galatian churchman, the most violent opponent of Arianism in Asia Minor. He developed…

Brewer's: Marcellus

(in Dibdin's bootlegbooks, a romance,) is meant for Edmund Malone, the well-known editor of Shakespeare's works (1811). Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…

Julia

(Encyclopedia) Julia, feminine name in the Julian gens. 1 Died 54 b.c., daughter of Julius Caesar and wife of Pompey. By her grace and tact she maintained the bond between her father and her husband…

Julius I, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Julius I, Saint, pope (337–52), a Roman; successor of St. Marcus. In the controversy over Arianism, when both sides appealed to him for support, he convened a synod at Rome (340), at…

Clay, Cassius Marcellus

(Encyclopedia) Clay, Cassius Marcellus, 1810–1903, American politician and diplomat, b. Madison co., Ky. Although he came from a slaveholding family, Clay early came to abhor the institution of…

Marcellus Hugh EVANS, Congress, NY (1884-1953)

EVANS Marcellus Hugh , a Representative from New York; born in Brooklyn, N.Y., September 22, 1884; attended St. John the Baptist School and St. James Academy, Brooklyn, N.Y.; was graduated from…