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A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Boe'thius (search)
tic life, he was singularly happy, as the husband of Rusticiana, daughter of Symmachus (Consol. Phil. 2.3, 4; Procop. Goth. 3.20), and the father of two sons, Aurelius Anicius Symmachus, and Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, who were consuls, A. D. 522. (Consol. Phil. 2.3, 4.) He naturally rose into public notice, became patrician before the usual age (Consol. Phil. 2.3), consul in A. D. 510, as appears from the diptychon of his consulship still preserved in Brescia (See Fabric. Bibl. Lat. 3. for Gundebald, king of the Burgundians (ib. 1.45), and for the recommendation of a good musician to Clovis, king of the Franks. (Ib. 2.40.) And he reached the height of his prosperity when, on the inauguration of his two sons in the consulate, A. D. 522, after pronouncing a panegyric on Theodoric, he distributed a largess to the Roman populace in the games of the circus. (Consol. Phil. 2.3.) This happiness was suddenly overcast. He had resolved, on his entrance into public life, to carry out
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith), Jaco'bus (search)
. of Birtha, on the Euphrates. Jacobus is variously designated from his bishopric BATNAEUS and SARUGENSIS. He is also called SAPIENS or the WISE. He was born about A. D. 452, at Curtamum, near the Euphrates. His parents had long been childless, and his birth was regarded as an answer to prayer. When he grew up he became eminent for learning and eloquence, and when in his 68th year A. D. 519, was chosen bishop of Batnae. He died in less than three years after his elevation to the bishopric, A. D. 522, aged 70. He has been charged by Renaudot with holding the Monophysite doctrine, but Assemani defends him from the charge, and vindicates his orthodoxy. His works, of which many are extant, were written in Syriac: they comprehended a Liturgy, of which a Latin version is given by Renaudot; a Baptismal Service; Homilies, some in prose and some metrical; on the saints of the Old and New Testament, and the incarnation, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ; and Letters. A Letter, whi