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<p> (See Alpheius). </p> <p> ST., the Stylite, so called because he remained for more than fifty years on the top of a pillar, like [[Simeon]] and the other Stylites. He was born at Adrianople. At thirty-two years of age, having distributed to the poor all his property, he took up his abode at the top of a pillar, where he remained till his death, about 610, the precise date being un-known. His day in the [[Greek]] calendar is Nov. 26. — Baillet, Nov. 26. </p> <p> a learned architect, was commanded by the emperor Julian to rebuild the [[Temple]] of Jerusalem, with the avowed object of falsifying the prophecies of our [[Saviour]] with regard to that structure. It is said that while the workmen were excavating for the foundation, balls of fire issued from the earth and destroyed them. [[Alypius]] died about A.D. 363. </p> <p> bishop OF CASAREA, in Cappadocia, was one of the metropolitans to whom the emperor Leo wrote respecting the [[Council]] of [[Chalcedon]] and the death of Proterius. He is also mentioned as assenting to the deposition of Lampetius, a Messalian, whom he had ordained, and who was convicted of immorality. See Labbe, Concil. 4, 1904 sq.; Photius, Bibl. 52. </p> <p> a priest of the Church, OF CONSTANTINOPLE, who lived in A.D. 430. He wrote an [[Epistle]] to St. Cyril, exhorting him to contend against the heresy of Nestorius. </p>

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