Elias (or Helias)
Elias (or Helias)
(1) Bishop of Lyons, second after Irenaeus.
(2) Bishop of Sedunum (Setten), in the Valais, about the beginning of the 5th century.
(3) A Syrian bishop who endeavored to dissuade Nestorius from his heresy.
(4) Bishop of Bolandus, in Lydia, A.D. 451.
⇒See also the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia.
(5) Bishop of Seleuco-belus, on the Orontes, A.D. 458.
(6) Bishop of Majorca, A.D. 484.
(7) Bishop of Caesarea, in Cappadocia, deposed by Anastasius I before A.D. 512.
(8) A martyr of the 5th century, commemorated January 14.
(9) Prior of a nunnery in Athribis, in the Delta, said to have been remarkably sanctified from carnal passion by a dream.
(10) A solitary near Antinoiis, in the Thebaid, in the 4th century.
(11) A hermit near the Dead Sea, noted for hospitality.
(12) Abbot of a monastery in Syria, celebrated for his holiness and wisdom.
(13) Abbot of Isania, near Antioch, near the close of the 6th century.
