Saturninus
historical figure · 4 works · 5 mentions · 5 anchored passages
the most reverend Saturninus the count
spoken of as
1 expressionSaturninus the count1 mention
Letters (Greek)
But now, having learned that you are staying at Antioch, in the house of the most reverend Saturninus the count, I have eagerly given the letter to the most beloved and most reverend brother Sanctissimus, my fellow-presbyter, through whom I greet your Charity, begging you, wherever you may be, to remember above all God, and then us also, whom you chose from the first to love, and to keep numbered …
in the texts
Letters
Former Encratite received into the episcopate alongside Izois.
I know that we received into the rank of bishops the brothers around Izois and Saturninus, who were of that order.
But now, having learned that you are staying at Antioch, in the house of the most reverend Saturninus the count, I have eagerly given the letter to the most beloved and most reverend brother Sanctissimus, my fellow-presbyter, through whom I greet your Charity, begging you, wherever you may be, to remember above all God, and then us also, whom you chose from the first to love, and to keep numbered …
Lucullus
A Roman popularist politician invoked rhetorically as a comparison for citing illustrious names for popular effect.
'Do I seem to you not, like Saturninus, merely to name illustrious men, but even to imitate none but the famous, none but the noble?
The Rights of War and Peace
Author quoted on the need for severe restraint of habitual crime.
But, as Saturninus says, “the giant-strides of crimes must be impeded with the strongest bands.
De Anima
Disciple of Menander who taught that man was made by angels, weak until animated by a spark of life from the supreme power.
Some believe that they have come down from the heavens, with as much persuasion as they undoubtedly promise that they will return thither — as Saturninus, the disciple of Menander the Simonian, brought in, affirming that man was made by angels, and at first a feeble and weak and unstable work, throbbing on the earth like a worm, since the powers to stand were wanting;