Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. I, 1948 Saints & hagiography Saints

Amphion, Saint

ANFIONE, SANTO

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AMPHION, Saint. - Bishop of Epiphania in Cilicia, he took part in the Councils of Ancyra (314), Neocaesarea (314), and Nicaea (325). An opponent of the Arians, he is commended by St. Athanasius for the orthodoxy of his writings. Ancient historians identify him with A., the successor of Eusebius of Nicomedia after the latter's deposition, but this is not clear. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him on June 12.

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BIBL.: St. Athanasius, Disputatio Ie contra Arianas: PL 25, 557; Sozomen, Hist. ecl., I, 10, 21; Martyr. Romanum, p. 235; Tillemont, VI, Venice 1732, pp. 199, 200, 640, 808; A. Fliche and V. Martin, Storia della Chiesa, IV, Italian trans., Turin [1939], nos. 75, 88, 111.

Mario Scaduto

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I (1948), col. 1227.

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Scaduto, Mario. “Anfione, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, col. 1227. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948. https://azioneromana.com/article/anfione-santo.

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Scaduto, Mario. “Anfione, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. I, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1948, col. 1227. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/anfione-santo.

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@incollection{ec1_anfione_santo,
  author    = {Scaduto, Mario},
  title     = {Anfione, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {I},
  pages     = {1227},
  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/anfione-santo}
}

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