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The gens Caecilia was a plebeian [i] family at ancient Rome. Members of this gens are mentioned in history as early as the fifth century BC, but the first of the Caecilii who obtained the consulship was Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter , in 284 BC.
Saint Cecilia (Latin: Sancta Caecilia), also spelled Cecelia, was a Roman Christian virgin martyr, who is venerated in Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, and some Lutheran churches, such as the Church of Sweden. [2]
It also ranked among the top 100 names for girls born in Sweden in the early years of the 21st century, and was formerly popular in France. [1] The name "Cecilia" applied generally to Roman women who belonged to the plebeian clan of the Caecilii. Legends and hagiographies, mistaking it for a personal name, suggest fanciful etymologies.
Lives beneath the Gulf of Mexico. Name clearly jumped from Mayan storm god (Huracan), to Taino name for the weather phenomenon (Juracan), to this creature around the Texas-Louisiana coast. Hræsvelgr – jötunn who takes the form of an eagle (Norse mythology) Poukai – monstrous predatory bird, likely based on an extinct species
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Caecilius may refer to: . Caecilia gens, an ancient Roman family, including a list of people with the name . Lucius Caecilius Iucundus, a Roman inhabitant of Pompeii, and central character in the Cambridge Latin Course series
Some palaeontologists prefer to use the name Apoda to refer to the "crown group", that is, the group containing all modern caecilians and extinct members of these modern lineages and the name Gymnophiona to refer to the total group, that is, all caecilians and caecilian-like amphibians that are more closely related to modern groups than to ...
Caeculus was unharmed by a fire, caused by his casting doubt on the divinity of his ancestry. He also showed mastery over fire by starting and extinguishing another at his will. The smoke though damaged his eyes, which remained smaller than normal, hence his name, Caeculus, little blind one.