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| | Lucian of Antioch - Definition, explanation |
 | | Not much faith can be attached to these statements, which are not corroborated by any other author; Suda very probably confounded the history of Lucian with that of his famous namesake, Lucian of Samosata, the pagan satirist of the 2nd century. |
 | | Despite his heterodoxy, Lucian was a man of the most unexceptionable virtue (Eusebius of Caesarea, H. E., VIII, xiii, 2); at the height of the Arian controversy his fame for sanctity was not less than his reputation as a scholar. |
 | | During the persecution of [[Maximinus], Lucian was arrested at Antioch and sent to Nicomedia, where he endured many tortures and, after delivering a long oration in defence of his faith, was finally put to death on January 7, 312, in Nicomedia, Bithynia, Asia Minor [now Izmit, Turkey]. |
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