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ing a privilegium to abbat Deodatus (Gall. Chr.xiii. Instrum, p. 291; Mabillon, Annal. 0. B . i.696; Brequigny, Diplom, num. 360, ed. Pardes-gus) is spurious as shewn at length by Bre-quigny (t. i. Proleg. pp. 100, 298). A charterof Sigebert II. to abbat Remaclus, 618, mentionshim in one recension (Breq. num. 313), andomits him in another (Acta SS. 1 Feb i. 235 a).A charter of Childeric II., 667, mentions him(Breq. 359: Acta SS. 1 Feb. i. 235 e) as Me-morianus. [C. U.]

NUMERIUS, a deacon of Nuceria, intowhose fitness for the episcopal office (sacerdotium)the subdeacon Peter was requested by popeGregory the Great to examine, A.D. 593 (Greg,lib. iii. ind. xi. ep. 40 in Pat. Lat. lxxvii.; Jaffe,B. P. num. 880). [C. H.]

NUMIDICUS, African confessor in Decianpersecution, left for dead after stoning and burn-ing, but recovered by his daughter. His wifeperished. He was a presbyter, and Cyprianenrols him in the Carthaginian Clerus as anhonour, assigning him a seat in the circle, pro-mises his elevation (to episcopate), and, Ep. 41,associates him with his former commissaryRogatian and the bishops Caldonius, Her-CULANUS, and Victor in the commission forrelief of Carthaginian sufferers which led to theopen schism of Felicissimus. In Ep. 43 he isone of the main stays while Cyprian is away.

[E. W. B.]

NUMIDIUS, bishop present as an Africandeputy at the council of Aquileia, A.D. 381.(Ambros. Opp. ii. 786, in Migne’s Pat. Lat. xvi.916, 934.) The acts of this council as there setforth have been challenged as spurious, but areaccepted by the Benedictine editor and by Hefele,Counc. ii. 376, Clark’s translation. [G. T. S.]

He and his colleague Felix, who was no doubtthe bishop of Selemsela [Felix (150)], spoke infavour of the Nicene faith. This bishop wasno doubt Numidius I. of Maxula, who, togetherwith Felix of Selemsela, was a prominent speakerat the council of Carthage in 390 (Hard. i. 951).He appears also at the conference of 411, wherehis Donatist opponent is one Felix ( Collat. Carth.cognit. i. 112, in Hard. i. 1077). He may beassumed to have been the Numidius who standsfirst in the address to pope Innocent at the councilof Carthage in 416 (Hard. i. 1215) against thePelagians (Tillem. vi. 157, xiii. 304, 395, 690;Morcelli i. 220; Ceill. iv. 618). A secondNumidius of Maxula was present at the councilof Carthage in 525 (Hard. ii. 1082; Morcelli,i. 220). [C. H.]

NUMULENUS (Mummulenus), Gallicnoble,father of Bobo and Bodegisilus, was called Sues-sionicus by Greg. Tur. (Hist Franc, vi. c. 45, x.c. 45, ap. Pat. Lat. lxxi.), is highly praised byFortunatus Venantius (Miscell. vii. c. 14, x. c.2), who addresses a poem and consolatory letterto him on the death of his daughter (Pat. Lat.Ixxxviii. 251, 322, sq.; Ceillier, Aut. Sacr. xi.409). [j. g.]

NUNCUPATUS, a presbyter who carriedinformation to Charibert king of Paris of thedeposition of Emerius bishop of Saintes and wasbanished (Greg. Tur. H. F. iv. 26). [0. H.]

NUNDINARIUS(I), a deacon who for somecause unknown was degraded by Silvanus bishopof Cirta. He endeavoured to obtain restorationthrough the influence of Purpurius bishop ofLimata, Fortis, and Sabinus, who each of themwrote letters to Silvanus and to the church ofCirta, exhorting reconciliation, but recommend-ing secrecy in the matter. The dangerous factsto be thus concealed were (1) the act of “ tradi-tion ” on the part of Silvanus, (2) the briberyby means of which Victor obtained his ordina-tion, whose proceeds, 20 folles, he said weredivided among themselves by the bishops, (3)the corrupt means used by Purpurius and Sil-vanus to obtain their bishoprics, and (4) themoney given by Lucilla for obtaining the ap-pointment of Majorinus. Of the truth of allthese charges Nundinarius gave evidence beforeZenophilus, and was supported by other wit-nesses, A.D. 320. (Aug. Unit. Eccl. 18, 46; c.Cresc. iii. 28, 32; 29, 33; Ep . 53, 3; Opt. i.14; Mon. Vet. Eon. iv. ed. Oberthiir.) [Lucilla,Fortis, Crescentianus, Saturninus, Sil-vanus.] [H. W. P.]

NUNDINARIUS (2), bishop of Barcelona,c. A.D. 465, by appointing Irenaeus his successor,caused an appeal to be made to pope Hilary andthe enactment of five disciplinary canons[IRENAEUS (10)] (Hilarius, Epp. i. ii. ap.Pat. Lat. lviii.; Hard. ii. 801; Florez, Esp.Sag. xxix. 114; Tillem. xvi. 45; Ceillier, Aut.Sacr. x. 339). [J. G.]

NUNNA (Nun), a king of the South Saxons,who in concert with his kinsman Ine king ofthe West Saxons carried on a successful war in710 against Gerent (called Uuthgirete by Ethel-werd) king of the Britons (A. S. C. ann. 710;Flor. Wig. ann. 710; Ethelwerd, Chron . ii. 12;Hen. Hunt. lib. iv.; VEstorie des Anglois , ver.1629 ; for which passages see M. H. B. 326, 507,540 c. 724 a, 784). In the charters of Kemble’sCod. Dipl, he is found subscribing in 692 as kingof the South Saxons a charter of Nothelmking of the South Saxons (num. 995); as kingof the South Saxons he grants land to Beadufridand his brethren dwelling in the island ofSelsey, where Nunna desires to be buried (999);he grants land in 725 to bishop Eadbert (1000);in an undated charter (1001) he grants toBerhi'rid a servant of God lands in the placecalled Piperingas, near the river Tarente[Osmund]. [C. H.]

NUNNECHIUS. [Nonnichius.]

NUNNINUS (Numnius), a tribune ofAuvergne in the time of queen Teudechildis,said to have been preternaturally punished forchipping the tomb of St. Germanus of Auxerre

(Greg. Tur. Glor. Conf. cap. 41). [C. H.]

NUNNIO, a courtier of Childebert I. king otParis (Greg. Tur. Vit. Pat cap. ix. 1). [Patro-CLus.] [C. H.]

NURSINUS, a priest said to have seen inthe hour of his death the apostles Peter and Paul(Greg. Mag. Dial . iv. 11 ; Ceill. xi. 478).

[C.H.]