Definition of St. Ignatius

1. Noun. Bishop of Antioch who was martyred under the Roman Emperor Trajan (died 110).

Exact synonyms: Ignatius, Saint Ignatius
Generic synonyms: Bishop, Saint

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Ignatius

St. Edward the Martyr
St. Elias Mountains
St. Elias Range
St. Elmo's fire
St. Elmo's fires
St. Eustatius
St. Francis
St. Francis River
St. George
St. George's
St. George's Cross
St. George's Day
St. Gregory I
St. Gregory of Nazianzen
St. Ignatius (current term)
St. Ignatius of Loyola
St. James
St. James the Apostle
St. Jerome
St. John
St. John's
St. John Chrysostom
St. John River
St. John the Apostle
St. John the Baptist
St. Johns
St. Johns River
St. Joseph
St. Jude

Literary usage of St. Ignatius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"JUSTIN, I Apologia, xxix, and St. Ignatius, Ep. ad .... 20 upon the constitutions of St. Ignatius based upon the Rule of Saint Augustine. ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(1) Four out of the seven genuine epistles of St. Ignatius were written from Smyrna. In two of these —Magnesians and Ephesians—he speaks of Polycarp. ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"(1) Four out of the seven genuine epistles of St. Ignatius were written from ... In the opening words St. Ignatius gives glory to God "that it hath been ..."

4. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"FEBRUARY I. St. Ignatius, BISHOP OF ANTIOCH, M. From his genuine epistles ... During the persecution of Domitian, St. Ignatius defended his flock by prayer, ..."

5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"20 upon the constitutions of St. Ignatius based upon the Rule of Saint Augustine. Its members bind themselves for life by the simple vows of religion. ..."

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