Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century/Silvanus, bishop of Emesa

181852Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature — Silvanus, bishop of Emesa


Silvanus (3), bp. of Emesa. In extreme old age, after 40 years' episcopate, he was thrown to the wild beasts in Diocletian's persecution. Eus. H. E. viii. 13; ix. 6; Theophan. p. 9; Le Quien, Or. Christ. ii. 837.

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