Rom. xvi. 15.NEREUS. St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans salutes Nereus and his Sister. Some believe that this is the same Nereus, whose Fast is kept as of a Martyr, along with St. Achillæus, on May the 12th. But there is little Probability that the Nereus, mentioned by St. Paul, should have lived to the Times of Trajan, fifty Years from the Time in which the Martyrdoms of Nereus and Achillæus are placed. Yet however the Thing is not absolutely impossible. The Acts of Nereus and Achillæus being Works of no Authority, we think it not proper to give any Extracts from them.
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