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Philologus

PHILOLOGUS. St. Paul in his Epistle to the Romans, chap. xvi. 15. salutes Philologus, of whom nothing particular is known. The Greeks make him Bishop of Sinope in Pontus, and set his Feast upon the fourth of November. Origen believes, that Philologus was Husband to Julia, mentioned in the same Place; but others doubt whether Julias is not rather the Name of a Man than a Woman.

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