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Ptolemaeus and Lucius, Saints, Martyrs (TOLOMEO E LUCIO, SANTI, MARTIRI)
They died in 161 AD and are commemorated in the Roman Martyrology on September 19. The only author who speaks of them is St. Justin, who took his cue precisely… -
Ptolemais (TOLEMAIDE)
A maritime city of northern Palestine, 16 km. northwest of Haifa, situated on a rocky promontory that bounds its bay to the north. Its original name was 'Akkô… -
Ptolemies (TOLOMEI)
Nine kings (of the "Lagid" dynasty) of Hellenistic Egypt, from 305 to 51 B.C., bore the name Πτολεμαίος; Dan. 11:4-29 alludes to them, referring to the first… -
Ptolemy of Lucca (TOLOMEO DA LUCCA)
TOLOMEO da LUCCA: v. BARTOLOMEO da LUCCA. -
Ptolemy (Ptolemaeus), Claudius (TOLOMEO (TOLEMEO), CLAUDIO)
Astronomer, geographer and mathematician, b. perhaps at Ptolemais in the Thebaid around 100 A.D., lived in Alexandria in Egypt and d. at Canopus around 178…