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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_18801" /> == | |||
The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67416" /> | <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> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_67416" /> == | |||
<p> An able professor of anatomy and therapeutics at [[Leyden]] (1696-1770). </p> | <p> An able professor of anatomy and therapeutics at [[Leyden]] (1696-1770). </p> | ||
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