PARMENAS ("Constant"). - Sixth of the seven deacons chosen and consecrated by the Apostles to attend to the widows of the converted Hellenistic Jews (Acts 6:1-6). Since he has a Greek name (Παρμενᾶς, abbreviation of Παρμενίδης), like the other deacons, it is probable that P. was also a Hellenist. Nothing else is known for certain about his life.
According to Pseudo-Hippolytus (De septuaginta Apost., 12: PG 10, 956), P. would have been one of the 72 disciples chosen by Jesus and would later have become bishop of Soli. According to Pseudo-Dorotheus (De septuaginta Domini disc., 11: PG 92, 1061), he would have died in his diaconate before the eyes of the Apostles.
De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Parmenas (« Costante »).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, col. 850. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/parmenas-costante.
MLA
De, Ambroggi Pietro. “Parmenas (« Costante »).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, col. 850. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/parmenas-costante.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec9_parmenas_costante,
author = {De, Ambroggi Pietro},
title = {Parmenas (« Costante »)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {IX},
pages = {850},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1952},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/parmenas-costante}
}
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