Lectionary Calendar
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
the Fourth Week of Advent
the Fourth Week of Advent
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Encyclopedias
Marcus Bishop of Otranto
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Search for
Resource Toolbox
probably of the 8th century. Allatius says he was oeconomus or steward of the great Church of Constantinople before he became bishop, which seems to be all that is known of him. He wrote Τῷ μεγάλῳ σαββάτῳ ἡ ἀκροστιχίς , [Hymnus Acrostichus in Mllagnume Sabbatun, s. In Magno Sabbato Capita Versuum, published by Aldus Manutius, with a Latin version, in his editions of Prudentius and other early Christian poets (Venice, 1501, 4to). A Latin version of the hymn is given in several editions of Biblitheca Patrum. — Fabricius, Bibl. Graec. 11:177, 677; Cave, Hist. Litt. ad ann. 750, 1:630; Smith, Dict. of Gr. and Rom. Biog. and Mythol. . v.
Copyright Statement
These files are public domain.
These files are public domain.
Bibliography Information
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Marcus Bishop of Otranto'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/marcus-bishop-of-otranto.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Marcus Bishop of Otranto'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​m/marcus-bishop-of-otranto.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.