HOSIUS  , or Osius (c . 257–359), See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop of See also:

• CORDOVA (Span. C6rdoba)
• CORDOVA (Span. Cordoba; Lat. Corduba)

Cordova, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born about A.D . 257, probably at Cordova, although from a passage in See also:

• ZOSIMUS

Zosimus it has sometimes been conjectured that he was believed by that writer to be a native of See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt . Elected to the see of Cordova before the end of the 3rd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century, he narrowly escaped martyrdom in the persecution of Maximian (303–305) . In 305 or 306 he attended the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of Illiberis or See also:

• ELVIRA, SYNOD OF

Elvira (hisname appearing second in the See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of those See also:

• PRESENT

present), and upheld its severe canons concerning such points of discipline as the treatment of the lapsed and clerical marriages . In 313 he appears at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• CONSTANTINE

Constantine, being expressly mentioned by name in a constitution directed by the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor to Caecilianus of See also:

• CARTHAGE
• CARTHAGE (Phoenician Kart-hadshat, " New City "; Gr. Kapxn5c; v, Lat. Carthago or Carchedon)
• CARTHAGE, SYNODS OF

Carthage in that See also:

• YEAR

year . In 323 he was the See also:

• BEARER

bearer and possibly the writer of Constantine's See also:

• LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter to Bishop See also:

• ALEXANDER
• ALEXANDER (1461-1506)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OF BATTENBERG) (1857-1893)
• ALEXANDER (ALEXANDER OsxENOVici) (1876-1903)
• ALEXANDER, ARCHIBALD (1772—1851)
• ALEXANDER, FRANCIS (1800—1881)
• ALEXANDER, GEORGE (1858— )
• ALEXANDER, JOHN WHITE (1856- )
• ALEXANDER, JOSEPH ADDISON (18o9—186o)
• ALEXANDER, SIR JAMES EDWARD (1803—1885)
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM (1824— )
• ALEXANDER, WILLIAM LINDSAY (1808—1884)

Alexander of See also:

• ALEXANDRIA
• ALEXANDRIA (Arab. Iskenderia)

Alexandria and See also:

• ARIUS ("Apews)

Arius his See also:

• DEACON (Gr. S&& ovos, minister, servant)

deacon, bidding them cease disturbing the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church; and, on the failure of the negotiations in Egypt, it was doubtless with the active concurrence of Hosius that the council of See also:

• NICAEA, COUNCIL OF
• NICAEA, or NICE

Nicaea was convened in 325 . He certainly took See also:

• PART

part in its proceedings, and was one of the large number of " confessors " present; that he presided is a very doubtful assertion, as also that he was the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal author of the Nicene Creed . Still he powerfully influenced the See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment of the emperor in favour of the orthodox party . After a See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period of quiet See also:

• LIFE

life in his own See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese, Hosius presided in 343 at the fruitless See also:

• SYNOD
• SYNOD (Gr. vbvobos)

synod of See also:

• SARDICA, COUNCIL OF

Sardica, which showed itself so hostile to Arianism; and afterwards he spoke and wrote in favour of See also:

• ATHANASIUS (293-373)

Athanasius in such a way as to bring upon himself a See also:

• SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of banishment to Sirmium (355)• From his See also:

• EXILE (Lat. exsilium or exilium, from exsul or exul, which is derived from ex, out of, and the root sal, to go, seen in salire, to leap, consul, &c.; the connexion with solum, soil, country is now generally considered wrong)

exile he wrote to See also:

• CONSTANTIUS, FLAVIUS VALERIUS

Constantius II. his only extant See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition, a letter not unjustly characterized by the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French historian See also:

• SEBASTIAN
• SEBASTIAN, ST

Sebastian See also:

• TILLEMONT

Tillemont as displaying gravity, dignity, gentleness, See also:

• WISDOM, BOOK OF, or WISDOM OF SOLOMON (Sept. Io4ia IaXwµwvos; Lat. Vulg. Liber sapientiae)

wisdom, generosity and in fact all the qualities of a great soul and a great bishop . Subjected to continual pressure the old See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, who was near his hundredth year, was weak enough to sign the See also:

• FORMULA
• FORMULA (Lat. diminutive of forma, shape, pattern, &c., especially used of rules of judicial procedure)

formula adopted by the second synod of Sirmium in 357, which involved communion with the Arians but not the condemnation of Athanasius . He was then permitted to return to his diocese, where he died in 359 .

See S . Tillemont, Memoires, vii . 300—321 (1700) ; See also:

• HEFELE, KARL JOSEF VON (1809-1893)

Hefele, Conciliengeschichte, vol. i.; H . M . Gwatkin, Studies of Arianism (See also:

• CAMBRIDGE
• CAMBRIDGE, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• CAMBRIDGE, RICHARD OWEN (1717-1802)

Cambridge, 1882, 2nd ed., 1900) ; A . W . W . See also:

• DALE, ROBERT WILLIAM (1829-1895)
• DALE, SIR THOMAS (d. 1619)

Dale, The Synod of Elvira (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1882) ; and See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article s.v. in See also:

• HERZOG, HANS (1819–1894)
• HERZOG, JOHANN JAKOB (1805-1882)

Herzog-Hauck, Realencyklopadie (3rd ed., 1900), with bibliography .