Ephebus (personal name)
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As well as being a general epithet, Ephebus (ancient Greek - adolescent) often occurs as an individual name, as in the cases of:
- Ephebus, a martyr from TerniTerniTerni is a city in southern Umbria, central Italy, capital of the province of Terni, located in the plain of the Nera river. It is 104 km N of Rome, 36 km NW of Rieti, and 29 km S of Spoleto.-History:...
, a city in central Italy - Claudius Ephebus, mentioned in the first letter of ClementFirst Epistle of ClementThe First Epistle of Clement, is a letter addressed to the Christians in the city of Corinth. The letter dates from the late 1st or early 2nd century, and ranks with Didache as one of the earliest — if not the earliest — of extant Christian documents outside the canonical New Testament...
to the Corinthians, chapter 59, as a messenger of the church of Rome, sent to the Church of Corinth along with Valerius Bito and Fortunatus - St. Euphebius (Ephebus)EuphebiusSaint Euphebius is venerated as a patron saint and bishop of Naples. Ferdinando Ughelli writes that the date of Euphebius' episcopate cannot be determined with certainty. There is no biography of Euphebius’ life...
, a bishop of Naples.