MADAUROS (Mdaourou) – Epitaph of the presbyter Liberatus, who died in exile at M. for the Catholic faith (first quarter of the sixth century).
to every school; this will be the characteristic feature of the Barnabites’ theological orientation. M.’s doctrine concerning heroic virtue was borne in mind and at times discussed by Benedict XIV in his classic work De servorum Dei beatificatione et beatorum canonizatione (e.g., III, 21–23).
BIBL.: Ph. Argelati, Bibliotheca script. mediol., II, Milan 1745, p. 828; G. Boffito, Biblioteca barnabitica, II, Florence 1937, pp. 382–83; Hutter, IV, col. 346; L. Levati-A. Macciò, Menologio dei Barnabiti, IV, Genoa 1937, pp. 66–70.