McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Athenognes

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Athenognes


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was a martyr who lived at the same time with Clement of Alexandria, and who is said by St. Basil to have been burned to death. Before his death he composed a morning and an evening hymn, which he left as a memorial of him to his disciples (St. Basil, De Spiritu S. cap. 29). See Fabricius, Bibl. Graec.