Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Saints & hagiography Saints

Theophilus, Bishop of Caesarea, Saint

TEOFILO, VESCOVO DI CESAREA, SANTO

Feast day: 5 March

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Also known as: St. Theophilus of Caesarea

THEOPHILUS, Bishop of Caesarea, Saint. - He was bishop of Caesarea in Palestine toward the end of the 2nd century, when Pope Victor (v.) ordered the convocation of synods throughout the Church to decide the paschal question.

T., together with St. Narcissus (v.) of Jerusalem, presided over the synod of Palestine and drafted the letter sent to Rome, in which the apostolic tradition in force in their Churches according to the Roman rite was attested. They informed the Pope that the same norm was also followed at Alexandria and begged him to make their decision known to the other Churches as well. In the Roman Martyrology T. is commemorated on 5 March, but it is not established that he had a cult in antiquity.

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BIBL.: Eusebius, Hist. eccl., V, 22, 23, 25; St. Jerome, De viris illustr., 43; Acta SS. Martii, I, Paris 1865, p. 339 ff.; Martyr. Romanum, p. 86.

Agostino Amore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), col. 1954.

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Amore, Agostino. “Teofilo, vescovo di cesarea, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, col. 1954. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/teofilo-vescovo-di-cesarea-santo.

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Amore, Agostino. “Teofilo, vescovo di cesarea, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1954. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/teofilo-vescovo-di-cesarea-santo.

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  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Teofilo, vescovo di cesarea, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  pages     = {1954},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/teofilo-vescovo-di-cesarea-santo}
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