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Acolius

ACOLIO

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ACOLIUS. - Bishop of Thessalonica, he baptized the emperor Theodosius before the latter undertook the Gothic war (380); d. in 383. On the occasion of his death, St. Ambrose wrote a letter to the Church of Thessalonica, in which he compares A. to the prophet Elisha, for having driven the Goths back from Macedonia with his prayers. He was among those present at the Council of Constantinople of 381 and of Rome of 382. During this time he was also in contact with Pope Damasus. (Cf. A. Fliche and V. Martin, Storia della Chiesa, Italian trans., III, Turin [1940], pp. 293, 297, 303, 485, 490).

Mario Scaduto

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), coll. 227–228.

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Scaduto, Mario. “Acolio.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, coll. 227–228. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/acolio.

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Scaduto, Mario. “Acolio.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, coll. 227–228. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/acolio.

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@incollection{ec1_acolio,
  author    = {Scaduto, Mario},
  title     = {Acolio},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {227--228},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1948},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/acolio}
}

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