Severian in the Encyclopedia

Alex David Groce · 16 Oct 1998, 12:44 · from urth-v0020.mbox · original

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From: "Alex David Groce" <adgroce at eos.ncsu.edu>
Subject: (urth) Severian in the Encyclopedia
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 12:44:08
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	Well, there may be some question as to which Severian Wolfe was
thinking of.  The heretic sect Severians (who are indeed in the online Cath=
olic
Encyclopedia at www.knight.org/advent) are better known as the Encratites, =
and
it is under that name that you will find them online.
	However, there is also an entry for Severian.  The Severians are
actually named after a man named Severus mentionied in Eusebius' Hist. Eccl.
(and a mention is all he gets in the article on the Encratites, and he does=
n't
appear to have an article of his own).
	Severian was a bishop who battled with St. John Chrysostom, but doesn't
appear to have been a heretic (he was noted as a good preacher, and apparen=
tly
good at church politics).  Assuming Wolfe didn't play around with the names
(not neccessarily a safe bet) it looks like this is our Severian's namesake.
I'll type up the article and send it to the online encyclopedia and to the
mailing list.  I may go ahead and also transcribe and post the article on
Severus, the Roman emperor, which given the Claudian connections might also=
 be
relevant.

	Just an amusing side note--the facing pages in the CE with the entries
on Severian and Severus end with an entry relevant to Wolfe's perennial
favorite, Proust--an article on Madame de Sevigne!
--=20
"And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free." - John 8:32
--
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'98-99 NCSU AITP Student Chapter President
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