Asterius
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The name "Asterius" may refer to:
- AsterionAsterionIn Greek mythology, Asterion denotes two sacred kings of Crete. The first Asterion or Asterius , the son of Tectamus or son of Neleus and Chloris by the Greeks called "king" of Crete, was the consort of Europa and stepfather of her sons by Zeus, who had to assume the form of the Cretan bull of...
, name of two sacred kings of Crete - Asterius of OstiaAsterius of OstiaSaint Asterius of Ostia was a martyred priest. Information on this saint is based on the apocryphal Acts of Saint Callixtus. According to tradition, he was a priest of Rome who recovered the body of Pope Callixtus I after it had been tossed into a well around 222 AD...
(d.223), Christian martyr and saint - Asterius of CaesareaAsterius of CaesareaAsterius of Caesarea was a Roman senator, who became a Christian martyr. After Asterius gave a Christian burial to a Roman soldier Marinus of Caesarea, who suffered martyrdom, he too was condemned to martyrdom, and was beheaded.-References:...
(d.262), Christian martyr and saint - Asterius, Claudius and NeonAsterius, Claudius and NeonAsterius, Claudius and Neon were a group of brothers, who suffered martyrdom. During the persecutions of Diocletian, the three brothers were handed over to the proconsul of Cilicia, Lysias. Martyred along with them were two women, Domnina and Theonilla a widow.-References:...
(d. 303), Christian martyr and saint - Asterius of PetraAsterius of PetraAsterius of Petra was a convert from Arianism, and later the Bishop of Petra. At the Council of Sardica, ca. 347, Asterius first denounced Arianism, as a heresy. This led to his exile in Libya, at the command of Emperor Constantius II....
(d. 365), Bishop of Petra and saint - Asterius of AmasiaAsterius of AmasiaSaint Asterius of Amasea was made Bishop of Amasea between 380 and 390 AD, after having been a lawyer. He was born in Cappadocia and probably died in Amasea in modern Turkey, then in Pontus. Significant portions of his lively sermons survive, which are especially interesting from the point of...
, bishop of Amasia, later in the 4th century - Asterius the SophistAsterius the SophistAsterius the Sophist was an Arian Christian theologian from Cappadocia. Few of his writings have been recovered in their entirety . He is said to have been a pupil of Lucian of Antioch, but it is unclear to what extent this was the case...
, a philosopher - Turcius Rufius Apronianus Asterius, Roman consul for 494