Hipparchus
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Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
a martyr at Samosata, with several others, A.D. 297, under Galerius, variously commemorated March 15 and December 9.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Ancient astronomer, born at Nicæa; flourished in the 2nd century B.C.; discovered among other things the precession of the equinoxes, determined the place of the equinox, and catalogued 1000 fixed stars.
