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Phlegon

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Φλεγων , burning), one of the Christians of Rome to whom Paul sent his salutations (Romans 16:14). A.D. 55. The legend (apud Dorotheus) makes him to have been one of the seventy disciples, and bishop of Marathon. So likewise Pseudo-Hippolytus (De LXX Apostolis). He is said to have suffered mar.tyrdom on April 8 (Martyrologium Romanumn, apud Estium), on which day he is commemorated in the calendar of the Byzantine Church.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Phlegon'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​p/phlegon.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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