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<p> (Gr. Γάϊος, i.e. Gaius) is the name of several early Christians, not otherwise noted. </p> <p> 1. Only one [[Gaius]] is named among the seventy disciples by Dorotheus, and he is said to have succeeded Timothy in the see of Ephesus. In the Menologyhe is commemorated Nov. 4. This may be the Gaius who is, addressed in the third epistle of John, if we suppose [[Diotrephes]] to have held the see when the epistle was written. </p> <p> 2. Caius, bishop of Pergamos, is named in the [[Apostolical]] Constitutions (vii, 46). </p> <p> 3. The twenty-first bishop of Jerusalem, according to [[Eusebius]] (H. E. v, 12), and called Gaianus in the Chronicon (sub anno 160); and by [[Epiphanius]] (Hcer. 66, p. 637). </p> <p> 4. The twenty-third bishop of Jerusalem, and called Gaius in the Chronicon (sub anno 160). 'Only one of these is named in Rufinus. </p> <p> 5. Martyr, of Eumenea, at Apamea, who refused to be reckoned with the [[Montanist]] martyrs. In the [[Roman]] martyrologies he is commemorated March 10. </p> <p> 6. [[Arrested]] with [[Dionysius]] of Alexandria, A.D. 250, and confined with him in a desert place of Libya. He is commemorated with Dionysius by the Greeks, Oct. 4, as a deacon and martyr. </p> <p> 7. [[Priest]] of Didda, was excommunicated, with the approval of [[Cyprian]] (Ep. 28), for receiving the lapsed without penance. He is supposed by Tillemont (iv, 94) to have been one of five schismatics named in epistle 40. </p> <p> 8. Gaius, Fortunatus, and Antus are commemorated, Aug. 28, at Salerno, as patron saints; and are supposed to have been companions of Felix. They are not mentioned in the martyrologies of that day, but the first two are frequently joined in the Hieronymian martyrology e.g. Jan. 19, Feb. 2, March 4. </p> <p> 9. One of the martyrs of Saragossa. </p> <p> 10. Martyr, at Nicomedia, Oct. 12, with twelve soldiers, and commemorated in the Roman martyrologies. </p> <p> 11. One of the forty martyrs of [[Sebaste.]] This name is frequently mentioned in the Hieronymian martyrology, and occurs in the [[Lesser]] Roman martyrology on April 19 (at Militana) and on Nov. 20 (at Messina). [[Usuard]] adds one (at Bononia) Jan. 4, and one drowned March 4. </p> <p> 12. [[Deacon]] of Alexandria, who followed Arius, and signed his letter to St. Alexander. </p> <p> 13. [[Orthodox]] bishop of Thumis, in Egypt, who assisted at the councils of Tyre, Sardica, and Nice. He had to flee from the [[Arian]] persecution, and perhaps appears at the [[Council]] of [[Alexandria]] in A.D. 362, as bishop of Paretonia, in the [[Libyan]] desert. </p> <p> 14. The Arian bishop of Pannonia, who was at the Council of [[Milan]] in 335, and at the Council of [[Rimini]] in 359, maintained the third confession of Sirmium, and was deposed. [[Afterwards]] he was reinstated, and sent on a deputation to Constantius. The [[Semi-Arians]] who were deposed at [[Constantinople]] in 360 asked the [[Western]] churches to hold him excommunicated, which they accordingly did, in 371. </p> <p> 15. A heretic, to whom [[Augustine]] writes in 390 his epistle 19, sending him all his books. </p> <p> 16. [[Supposed]] [[Donatist]] bishop at Carthage; others read Carus. </p> <p> 17. [[Patriarch]] of Alexandria. (See Gaianus) (6). </p> <p> 18. Monk. (See [[Dionysius The Areopagite]]). </p>