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Christian martyr and saint

Astius is a 2nd-century Christian martyr venerated by the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches. He was the bishop of Dyrrhachium. Wikipedia →

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Theologumena arithmeticaeNicomachus of Gerasa, Iamblichus · 1817
📕Quae exstant operaΠλάτων · 1819
📕Lexicon PlatonicumAstius · 1969
📕Theophrasti CharacteresParacelsus · 1816

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