Difference between revisions of "Albinus"

<p> (a frequent [[Roman]] name, signifying whitish; Graecized Ἀλβῖνος ), a procurator of [[Judaea]] in the reign of Nero, about A.D. 62 and 63, the successor of [[Festus]] and predecessor of Florus. He was guilty of almost every kind of crime in his government, pardoning the vilest criminals for money, and shamelessly plundering the provincials (Josephus, Ant. 20, 9, 1; War, 2, 14, 1). He was perhaps identical with Luccius Albinus, procurator of [[Mauritania]] under [[Nero]] and Galba, but murdered by his subjects on the accession of Otho, A.D. 69 (Tacitus, Hist. 2, 58, 59). </p> <p> is the name of two saints mentioned in the old Roman martyrologies; one a bishop and confessor commemorated March 1, the other a martyr commemorated June 21. </p> <p> priest of the [[Convent]] of the [[Augustinians]] at Canterbury, was versed in the ancient languages, and very learned for his time. He died in 732. He assisted [[Bede]] in the composition of his Historia Ecclesiastica. The letter from Bede thanking [[Albinus]] for his assistance is still preserved. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s.v. </p>