Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies.

Showing 62 terms beginning with C.

• Caecilia, st., Roman lady
• Caecilianus, archdeacon and bishop of Carthage
• Caesarius, of Nazianzus
• Caesarius, bishop of Arles
• Caesarius, friend of Chrysostom
• Cainites
• Caius, ecclesiastical writer
• Caius, pope
• Calandio or Calendio, bishop of Antioch
• Calligonus, eunuch and chamberlain to Valentinian II
• Callistus, pope
• Caprasius, presbyter at Lérins
• Capreolus, bp. of Carthage
• Caracalla, nickname of M. Aurelius Severus Antoninus Bassianus
• Caritas, martyr
• Carpocrates, philosopher
• Cassianus, Julius, a heretical teacher
• Cassianus, bishop of Autun
• Cassianus (11) Johannes, founder of Western Monachism
• Cassiodorus (or rather, Cassiodorius) Magnus Aurelius
• Catharine, martyr of Alexandria
• Caulacau
• Celsus, polemical adversary of Christianity
• Cerdo, Gnostic teacher
• Cerenthus, opponent of St. John
• Christopher, martyr of universal fame
• Chromatius, bishop of Aquileia
• Chrysippus, guardian of the Holy Cross
• Chrysogonus, martyr under Diocletian
• Chrysologus, Petrus, archbishop of Ravenna
• Chrysostom, John, bishop of Constantinople

• Claudius (1), emperor
• Clemens (1), Flavius, first cousin of Domitian
• Clemens Romanus, bishop of Rome
• Clement of Alexandria
• Clementine Literature
• Cletus or Anacletus, bp. of Rome
• Clovis, king of the Salian Franks
• Coelestinus, commonly called Celestine, bp. of Rome
• Coelestius, heretic of Hibernian Scots
• Coelicolae
• Colluthus, presbyter and sect founder
• Collyridians
• Columba (1) Columcille
• Columbanus, abbat of Luxeuil and Bobbio
• Comgall
• Commodianus
• Commodus
• Constans I
• Constantinus I
• Constantinus II., eldest son of Constantine the Great
• Constantius I. Flavius Valerius, emperor
• Constantius II., son of Constantius
• Cornelius (2), bp. of Rome
• Cosmas (1) and Damianus, silverless martyrs
• Cosmas (3), Indian navigator
• Cyprianus (1) Thascius Caecilius
• Cyra
• Cyriac, patriarch of Constantinople
• Cyrillus, bishop of Jerusalem
• Cyril, Saint, archbishop of Alexandria
• Cyrillus (13), hagiologist