Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century/Silvanus, bishop of Emesa

Silvanus (3), bp. of Emesa. In extreme old age, after 40 years' episcopate, he was thrown to the wild beasts in Diocletian's persecution. Eus. H. E. viii. 13; ix. 6; Theophan. p. 9; Le Quien, ''Or. Christ.'' ii. 837.

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