Ephebus (personal name)

As well as being a general epithet, Ephebus (ancient Greek - adolescent) often occurs as an individual name, as in the cases of:

  • Ephebus, a martyr from Terni, a city in central Italy
  • Claudius Ephebus, mentioned in the first letter of Clement to the Corinthians, chapter 59, as a messenger of the church of Rome, sent to the Church of Corinth along with Valerius Bito and Fortunatus
  • St. Euphebius (Ephebus), a bishop of Naples.
For other uses, see Ephebos (disambiguation).
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