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<p> [[Faustinus]] </p> <p> the name of numerous early bishops and several martyrs, of the latter of whom we here notice: </p> <p> '''(1)''' A soldier under Commodus, put to death cir. A.D. 182, for refusing to offer sacrifice; commemorated August 7. </p> <p> '''(2)''' Put to death under Diocletian, at the seventh milestone from Rome; commemorated July 29. The catacomb of Geilerosa, where he was buried, has lately been discovered. </p> <p> '''(3)''' A presbyter, put to death with his brother Jovita, at Brixia, in Italy, under Hadrian, commemorated February 15. </p>
<p> who lived towards the close of the sixth century after Christ-, was appointed bishop of Dax, France, by authority of Gondowald, who, claiming to be a natural son of Clothaire I, aspired to the throne of Aquitaine, but was vanquished, betrayed, and slain. [[Faustinus]] was then deposed by a council held at Macon, which, curiously enough, also condemned the bishops who had ordained him to provide for him in turn, and pay him 100 solidi annually. [[Gregory]] of Tours, Epitome historia Francorum; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen. (J. W. M.) </p>


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<ref name="term_39889"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/faustinus+(2)+(3) Faustinus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
<ref name="term_39893"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/faustinus+(3) Faustinus from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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who lived towards the close of the sixth century after Christ-, was appointed bishop of Dax, France, by authority of Gondowald, who, claiming to be a natural son of Clothaire I, aspired to the throne of Aquitaine, but was vanquished, betrayed, and slain. Faustinus was then deposed by a council held at Macon, which, curiously enough, also condemned the bishops who had ordained him to provide for him in turn, and pay him 100 solidi annually. Gregory of Tours, Epitome historia Francorum; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen. (J. W. M.)

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