Capito is the name of several persons in early Christian history:
1. The twenty-fifth bishop of Jerusalem, whose death is placed by Eusebius (Chronicon) in the consulship of Maternus and Bradua, A.D. 185.
2. A Donatist bishop, who joined in presenting a request against Caecilian, A.D. 313, claiming that the question at issue should be tried in Gaul, which had been free from the temptation that caused the dispute. He was present, accordingly, at Treves, April 28, 315.
3. Bishop in Sicily, present at the Council of Nice. 4. Father of the presbyter Athanasius, named, perhaps, to distinguish his son from the great bishop whose persecutions he shared.
5. An African bishop at the Council of Sardica, A.D. 347.
6, 7. In the Menology of Basil, on Dec. 22, we read of a Capito, sent as bishop to Cherso on the death of JEtherius, and who by a miracle converted the people. On comparing the entry on July 8, we find that Cherso means the Crimea, to which an earlier Capito had been sent, in the time of the Diocletian persecution, and was martyred.
8. A robber who became a hermit, and supported himself in a cave four miles from Antinopolis in Egypt. When Palladius saw him,. between A.D. 410 and 420, he had lived there fifty years without entering the city.
The Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature was edited by John McClintock and James Strong. It contains nearly 50,000 articles pertaining to Biblical and other religious literature, people, creeds, etc. It is a fantastic research tool for broad Christian study.
John McClintock was born October 27, 1814 in Philadelphia to Irish immigrants, John and Martha McClintock. He began as a clerk in his father's store, and then became a bookkeeper in the Methodist Book Concern in New York. Here he converted to Methodism and considered joining the ministry. McClintock entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1832 and graduated with high honors three years later. Subsequently, he was awarded a doctorate of divinity degree from the same institution in 1848.WikipediaRead More