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Rh *, Novatian bishop of Constantinople.

,* of Lydda in Syria.

, of Alexandria in Egypt; the first orthodox opponent of Arius.

, of Byzantium, the correspondent of Alexander, of Alexandria.

, of Epiphania in Cilicia.

,* of Sidon.

,* of Tarsus in Cilicia, who subsequently became a bishop.

, of Alexandria in Egypt; the originator of Arianism, who was anathematized by the Council, and banished by the emperor.

alias, or , who converted the king of Greater Armenia to Christianity.

,* of Anazarbus in Cilicia.

, of Alexandria in Egypt; the great future defender of the Nicene Creed, though he was only a deacon at the Council.

, a boy (attendent of Acesius, the Novatian), who lived to a great age, and was a presbyter of the Novatians. He wrote many curious details of the Council.—''Stanley. Neale.''

,* of Amasia in Pontus.

, of Sicily.

, of Carthage in Africa.

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,* of Berenice.

, of Stridon in Pannonia.

,* of Cappadocia.

, of Tyana, in Cappadocia.

,* of Nicomedia, the chief town of Bithynia; he was the great friend and defender of Arius; Constantine was baptized by him.

,* of Cæsarea in Palestine, whom Gibbon calls "the most learned of the theologians." Dean Stanley calls him the clerk of the Imperial closet, chaplain, interpreter, &c.

, of Antioch in Syria; one of the chief debaters of the Orthodox party; and, according to Theodoret, the one who delivered the opening oration before the emperor.

, from Milan.

, of Amasena; successor to Basil, the martyr.

,* of Berytus in Syria.

, of Cuonopolis in Egypt.

, of Tripolis.

, the deacon, Secretary of the Council; afterwards bishop of Cæsarea. at this Synod, a bishop from Persia was also among them; neither was the Scythian absent from this