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+ " | GUESTBOOK Page " + text + "" + " [ Letters and messages exchanged between early" + " researchers are included to provide an historical perspective of the" + " efforts that went into creating our family history project. ]" + " |
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web site:- "
+ "
- ANTIOCH ?Genealogical beginnings?"
+ "
- 107 AD-St. Ignatius-3rd Bishop of Antioch & historian"
+ "
- Cyriacus (circa 400) Presbyter of Antioch"
+ "
- (year 692) George of Antioch, ... Cyriacus of Cesarea in Cappadocia,"
+ "
- Athens-Philopappos Monument w/ King Antiochus & his son Antiochus"
+ "
- Cyricus Martyr-Hellespont Jan 3 & Antioch Jun 16"
+ "
- Williamson: Bishoprics ALEXANDRIA ANTIOCH JERUSALEM ROME ( ~ 324 AD)"
+ "
- Saint Cyr ?origins?"
+ "
- 817 AD-Koriakos"
+ " (Cyriacus) Patriarch of Antioch (3/22/10:
)"
+ " - 812 AD-Quriaqos (Cyriacus) Patriarch of Antioch" + "
To consider how extensive these 'structures' were, one should think of" + " them more in the line of present day shopping centers rather than present" + " day bathhouses. These were the places where those in the know went" + " daily to keep up with the latest news. They provided a lot more" + " than just bathing and personal hygiene services. For example, the" + " History of the" + " "Palazzo delle Finanze" site, in a reference to the largest" + " such baths construction in ancient Rome, has:
- Started in 298 A.D."
+ " by Maximian, joint emperor with"
+ " Diocletian, the Baths were designed according to a quadrangular plan, the"
+ " central part of which was located at the site of the current Basilica"
+ " di Santa Maria degli Angeli. The Baths, which could accommodate"
+ " more than 3,000 people, included not only the classic calidarium,"
+ " tepidarium and frigidarium, but also exercise rooms, a pool, locker rooms,"
+ " space for massages and relaxation, and rooms for reading and listening to"
+ " music. ...
In fact, the introduction of cheap and plentiful clean water into Rome" + " gave rise to much the same activities that cheap and plentiful" + " automobiles did for us. Of course, the automobiles involved travel," + " and water involved, well, water related activities. The aqueducts" + " transporting the water were much like the present day United States" + " interstate highway system transporting our vehicles. They provided" + " the impetus for all kinds of economic, political and social development," + " intrigue and associated services and constituencies.
 The earliest evidence" + " of the usage of  that we have is this picture"
+ " of tomb fragments dating prior to 70 AD. Please note that the"
+ " caption under the photo implies that the Greek word for Christ"
+ " has more than just the 'first two letters' marked. Those two"
+ " letters are the complete Greek monogram of Christ"
+ " (Crucified). (Earlier monograms inscribed"
+ " in Antioch, Rome or ?elsewhere? have yet to be discovered. "
+ "Page 160 of the Chandlery book," + " Pilgrim - Walks in Rome : A Guide to its Holy Places," + " referencing Bozius. Tract de Cruce. l.1.c.2.," + " has:
![greek lettering snippet from the Titulus Crucis reconstruction](tcrucis.jpg") "
+ " discussed at the"
+ " "
+ " shows that the CHI and RHO are NOT involved together and especially NOT"
+ " one atop the other - the 5th letter is the only RHO on the plaque."
+ " | "
+ " ABCnews.com"
+ " The questions left unanswered are: What greek letters were"
+ " used to represent the new Christian appellation greek"
+ " speaking followers began using to refer to themselves around"
+ " this same time? Was  also invented around this time - maybe to refer to"
+ " Greek Christians? Were there surnamed individuals already living at the"
+ " time? ]"
+ "One "
+ "Turkish web site states that "
+ "Antakya (Antioch), conquered by Alexander the Great in the 4th century"
+ " BC, is the city to which the earliest believers fled from a hostile The large Greek community in Antioch may have been one" + " where there already lived members of an extended, commercially" + " involved Greek surnamed family. "
+ " Or just as significantly, it could be the place where 'the more secular"
+ " and less Son-of-God-associated appellation ' (meaning one who is"
+ " dedicated to the Lord/Christ - a Christian) was chosen by and for the"
+ " personal use of the same greek speakers who chose the 'Christ on"
+ " a Cross monogram ![Chi-Rho (Christ in ancient greek alphabet)](chi-rho.gif"){kind=small} CHI-RHO' to refer to"
+ " THE ONE in whom they now believed and dedicated themselves"
+ " 24/7, 100% of the time. In other words, greek speaking Christians"
+ " used (or"
+ " another variation) may have been used as a more secular appellation for"
+ " the earliest greek 'speaking' Christians or over time, just some"
+ " of the earliest Greek 'speaking' Christians and their descendants,"
+ " including many if not all of us! (Click here to read"
+ " the most up to date information we have about all this.) |
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+ " | "
+ "Catacomb of Callistus, fourth century:"
+ " DASVMIA QVIRIACE BONE FEMINE"
+ " PALVMBRA SENe FELlE . . . QVÆ VIXIT ANNOS LXVI DEPOSITA IIII KAL" + " MARTIAS IN PACE " + filpop + " IIII KAL = IV KAL = 29th of ?JUL?" + " Source: " + ". " + " |
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| "
+ " "
+ " CHAPTER III. ANALYTICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLAN OF THE MOST"
+ " IMPORTANT AREA OF THE CEMETERY OF ST CALLIXTUS. ... page 374 (p. 456 of"
+ " the larger book) has:
VIBIV . FIMVS R . VII KA SEP"
+ " DIC .IIII . ET MAX . COS. Vibius Fimus died (recessit) August 26th, when"
+ " [ 09o22: This an example of the abbreviated" + " 'MAX' in the inscription being interpreted as Maximinus (Daia)" + " [ 305~313 ] instead of Maximian[ " + "285~305 ], the real 'COS' with Diocletion[ 284~305" + " ] up until 305 A.D. ]" + " (QVIRIACE and QUIRICA do not match but should. If the" + " latter form is correct, then this may not be our Cyriaca at" + " all.)" + " This laudation was probably prepared by Furius Dionysius Philocalus under the direction of Church"
+ " Administrator Damasus when the This Dasumian reference to nobility has only been found"
+ " elsewhere in the Will of 'Dasumius' in a listing of Roman"
+ " Funerals and Other Death Rituals and at P. Dasumius Rusticus"
+ ", Consules Ordanarii to Imperator Hadrianus III in 119 A.D."
+ " | |
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 "
+ "The in the"
+ " inscription to the right (top) translates first to KYRIAKOU"
+ " and thence to CYRIACUS and has the same meaning as the"
+ " similarly greek desposynoi directly above. "
+ " (local desposyni page)"
+ " | ![KYPIAKO inscribed in stone in catacombs of Rome](kypiako0.gif") ![KYRIAKOU from greek to english](kyriakou.gif") |
" + "" + ", in part V of his Epistle to Aristides (?240 AD?) laying out" + " the genealogical basis for the assertion that "Christ might" + " be shown rightfully to be both Priest and King; ...", tells us" + " that:
- "
+ "... , knowing"
+ " that the lineage of the Israelites contributed nothing to"
+ " him, and goaded by the consciousness of his ignoble birth, burned the"
+ " registers of their families(1a). This he did, thinking"
+ " that he would appear to be of noble birth, if no one else could trace"
+ " back his descent by the public register to the patriarchs or proselytes,"
+ " and to that mixed race called georae(1b). A few, however,"
+ " of the studious, having private records of their own, either by"
+ " remembering the names or by getting at them in some other way from the"
+ " archives, pride themselves in preserving the memory of their noble"
+ " descent; and among these happen to be those already mentioned, called
- "
+ "Footnotes:"
+ "
(1a) archives destroyed by the Romans - not Herod" + "
(1b) georae defined as small land holders at the same site" + "
(1c) Cochaba was the leader, Messiah, of the second Jewish war which" + " ended in 135 CE per the same site. [ "" + "... the first Jewish revolt against the Romans, from A.D. 66 to 73. " + " ..." is provided (coincident with this editing) toward the end" + " of the first full paragraph on page 42 of the latest, August 2009,
"
+ " The first full paragraph on page 150 of volume II of William Granger"
+ " Ryan's 1992 translation of"
+ " Jacobus de Voragine's 12th century "The Golden Legend --"
+ " Reading on the Saints" (another best seller, after the"
+ " Bible, in the late 15th century when mass production via the printing"
+ " press became possible) has:- "
+ "We also find, in the Ecclesiastical History and in Bede's"
+ " Chronicle, that all the genealogies of Hebrews and aliens were"
+ " kept in the Temple's secret archives. Herod ordered the burning of"
+ " these records, thinking that he might be able to pass himself off for a"
+ " noble if, in the absence of proof to the contrary, he was thought to be"
+ " Israelite by race. There were also some who were called "
+ "dominici ("men of the Lord") because they were closely"
+ " related to Christ and were from Nazareth. "
+ " These dominici worked out, as well as they could, the"
+ " order of Christ's human ancestry, partly from what they had"
+ " learned from their forefathers and partly from some books that they had"
+ " at home. ]
A 12/6/07 posting at www.JesusPolice.com (by Pantera):
- "
+ " Yeshu's brothers were named Yaa'kov ("haTzaddik"- The Righteous"
+ " ), Yoset, Shimeon ("haToma" - the Twin) and Yehuda. His"
+ " sisters were named Miriyam (Mary) and Shlomet (Salome) in Aramaic. "
+ " Yaa'kov, or James, sometimes called Oblias ("bulwark"), was the"
+ " Mebekkar or leader of the Jesus cult until his death in 62CE. "
+ " Yaa'kov was said to have taken the vows of a Nazarene, allowing his beard"
+ " and hair to grow. After Yaa'kov's assassination, another of Jesus'"
+ " brothers, Shimeon (Simon) assumed the mantle of leadership. This"
+ " dynastic succession continued (through the line of Yoset) until circa 140"
+ " CE. Judah, the last "Jewish Christian or Ebionite""
+ " bishop, outlived the Bar Kochba rebellion, (132-135 C.E.) until the"
+ " eleventh year of the reign of Antoniunus Pius. The designation"
+ " appended to his name, "Kuriakos" (kyriakos),"
+ " indicates that Bishop Judah was descended from the family of"
+ " Jesus. Eusebius reports that the Desposyni [the"
+ " Master's relatives], all descendants of Jesus, survived to"
+ " become leaders of various "Christian" churches,"
+ " according to a strict dynastic succession. Malachai Martin writes"
+ " that Pope Silvster(1) the First ordered Jesus' descendants hunted down"
+ " and killed to ensure the Roman Papal primacy.
(1)Sylvester I (314~335) reigned" + " just after Christianity was legalized by Constantine I, who ruled from" + " 306 to 337.
" + " The Jesus' family Tree has Judah Kyriakos" + " as the "last Jewish Christian Bishop of Jerusalem (ca." + " 148-149)" Both the desposynic and " + "kyriakos appellations are given the same meaning, Belonging to" + " the Lord; both are greek and both were presumably used by Greek" + " speaking Christians (dominici is the latin equivalent)" + "; but up until now, our
"
+ " has never considered that we may have ancient Hebrew DNA representing a"
+ " group of ancestors who were among the first Christians in the 1st century"
+ " -- ancestors who spoke greek but were not Greek!?"
+ "The 8/12/2008 published work by G. Hugo Eliason entitled" + " "An Argument for the Sake of Heaven" contains several" + " references to the appellation Kyriakos that, by the" + " end of the 1st century became the 'surname' for the group known as the" + " Desposyni. Desposyni is another" + " appellation that was applied to the "descendants of the" + " so-called 'brothers' of Jesus" - one branch of which were the" + " descendants of Jesus' brother James, " the Kyriakos Family" + " of Greece, who reigned as a dynasty of rulers over the Judio-Christian" + " colony in the French fiefdom of Province, and, were hereditary Prefects" + " of Province." The redundant footnotes to a repeated quote" + " in the text regarding "... your name [Christianoi]," + " venerable and famous and worthy as it is of all men's love, has been much" + " slandered..." imply that the 'name' referred to in the quoted" + " text [and thereby associated with the bracketed Christianoi]" + " could be the surname Kyriakos. " + "This webmaster and four decade long genealogical researcher, Ben Ciriacks," + " believes it could just as likely refer to the greek appellation
" + "
"
+ " A December 28th, 2009 discovered Monachos.net forum"
+ " posting contains the first of what will undoubtedly be many"
+ " translations from ancient greek narratives introducing new information"
+ " about family surnamed individuals previously unknown or mysterious. "
+ " In this case, Olga (a Very Frequent Poster) is most helpful"
+ " in providing both the greek and english for a Greek synaxarion"
+ " The Holy Martyr Hieron of Melitene [ modern day Malatya,"
+ " Turkey around 38şN 38şE ] and those with him in that"
+ " area of ancient Cappadocia. In it, a Cyriacus ("
+ "Kyriakes), friend of Hieron and advisor to Roman army commander Lysias,"
+ " is mentioned - Cyriacus most likely being a prominent local"
+ " official of the region. - The greek spelling"
+ " for Kyriakes (ÎĎ
ĎΚ"
+ "ικÎĎ) (
) could also be translated as Kypiakes, Kuriakes or Kupiakes. While none of those"
+ " three spellings returned any hits at the Ellis Island Immigration"
+ " records, they did return 13 possible variations (Kereakas,"
+ " Keriacos, Keriagos, Kiriagos, Kiriakeas, Kiriokos, Koracas, Korakas,"
+ " Korakes, Korekes, Korigas, Korikas and Korikos) with at least one or"
+ " more persons with that spelling coming to the USA prior to 1921 - adding"
+ " 16 more surname variations for a"
+ " total of 1545 as of 12/30/2009.| "
+ "St. Marcellinus (pop-up file) |
|---|
" + "The penultimate Popes of the then still illegal" + " Rome based Christian Church had very similar names which are" + " confused with each other in some translations of ancient records." + " Of Pope Marcellinus, who reigned from 296 to 304, we have:
- "'... his head was"
+ " cut off, his body, along with those of other martyrs, was left lying on"
+ " the street for twenty-six days to terrify the Christians. Then a"
+ " priest buried the Pope in the Cemetery of Priscilla."'
All eleven Popes before him had been buried in Calixtus. One" + " of his final acts may have been to secure the assets of the Church -" + " especially the Crypt of the Popes" + " and the entrances to all the underground cemeteries (catacombs). It appears that the entire leadership" + " of the Church was eliminated with no one left knowing where those assets" + " were - including the knowledge that the " + "Crypt of the Popes had been set aside as the special burial place for" + " the most revered Bishops-Saints-Martyrs. Rather than being left for" + " 26 days to 'terrify' the Christians, it's possible that there were no" + " fellow Christians responsible for burials left alive to do so." + "
It's also doubtful that even a priest survived to bury him later. " + " The individual may have become a priest later, but was more likely just a" + " regular Christian who had managed to survive that round of killings." + "
The proof of the severity of the
There was no Bishop of Rome from Marcellinus' martyrdom" + " in 304 to the election of Marcellus in 308. [ 7/9/10: " + " "Thus, for instance, it is stated of the year 304, that at" + " this time the episcopacy ceased for seven years, six months, and" + " twenty-five days. This statement cannot be reconciled even with the" + " dates given elsewhere in the same list; but it is observable that it was" + " precisely during this very time that Diocletian confiscated the loca" + " ecclesiastica, and that the hierarchy was (at least legally)" + " suppressed. Again, we read in the Liber Pontificalis that" + " Maxentius required of St. Marcellus that he should deny that he was a" + " bishop, (because he had not been recognised,) and his name accordingly" + " does not appear in this list. ..." comes from the middle of the" + " top paragraph on page 20 of Northcote &" + " Brownlow's translation of Giovanni Rossi's Roma Sotterranea ...
" + "" + " and" + " came" + " after " + " and ," + " with " + " serving briefly after the" + " was" + " promulgated" + " by and" + " in 313 - " + " served" + " two decades from 314 to 335 (longer than anyone since Peter 30~67) but" + " very little is known of him. [ Ben Ciriacks suspects" + " that Pope Sylvester may have served as a very trusted, capable, competent" + " and inconspicuous (ie., non-political, ergo not much known about him)" + " functionary implementing administration and rebirth of the Rome based" + " Christian Church while the SUPREME ALPHA MALE of the era," + " Constantine [Emperor 306-337] (with a lot of help &" + " prodding from his mother, Helen), directed the reorganization of the" + " 'state religion' so that it could become recognized as the primary" + " religious institution operating within Constantine's vision" + " of the newly (re)pacified Roman Empire - thereby fulfilling his" + " quest to be recognized as THE FOR REAL LEADER of the era. (Making" + " war is relatively easy - making peace takes real leadership and" + " stabilizing the rewly reorganized 'worldwide' religious structure may" + " have involved the greatest leadership skills.) ]
- Marinus"
+ " II was another one of Prince Alberic's candidates for the papacy and"
+ " another good man. Marinus was a Roman. At the time of his"
+ " election to the papacy he was the priest of the Church of"
+ " St. Ciriacus [ aka Cyriaci en Thermis. ] He was elected Pope in October,"
+ " 942.
![NewAdvent](i/newadven.jpg"){kind=small}
CatholicEncyclopedia] " + tgg + "Note the correct spelling of his name in his inscription that almost everyone ignores."; } if (txt=="rome") { fill=bzrome fil1="Rome Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci (12/2/1885~12/30/1966) had this inscription composed for the stone covering his tomb in the first chapel on the right of the Basilica of Saint Lawrence in Lucina on the Via Tiburtina in Rome:"; } document.write("
"+ fil1 +"
"); if (bzid=="all"||bzid=="cl3") { document.write("HISTORICAL" + " SURNAME IMAGES
Pre-5th Century Inscriptions:
" + fil1 + "cya-9621.gif" + fil2 + "this comes from the Cyriaca+ background" + " image')\">Cyriac" + " < " + fil1 + "cya11622.gif" + fil2 + "this also comes from the" + " Cyriaca+ background image')\">Cyriaca" + " < " + fil1 + "cya-9630.gif" + fil2 + "This was found online a decade" + " ago and comes from an inscription on a monument (in the Cyriaca cemetery" + " on Via Tiburtina, I think) - it is used within the 198 x 198 background image" + " for these Christian oriented web pages.')\">Cyriaca+
" + fil1 + "antoniacyriace.jpg" + fil2 + "The oldest (250 A.D.) evidence of our" + " family name found anywhere in the world; formerly in the Cemetery of" + " Cyriaca on the Tiburtina and now built into the wall of the porch of S." + " Georgio in Velabro, Rome (Photo by Bill Thayer).')\"" + fil3 + "cvx.htm#cyriace" + fil4 + ">Antonia Cyriace" + fil5 + "ce275140.gif" + fil2 + "4th century 35 year old female')\"" + fil3 + "cvx.htm#cyriacaekip" + fil4 + ">Cyriace" + fil5 + "cyrfecit.gif" + fil2 + "One of the most ancient inscriptions found" + "
- before spaces made them easier to read.')\"" + fil3 + "cvx.htm#cyriace" + fil4 + ">CyriaceFecit
" + fil1 + "kypiako0.gif" + fil2 + "Note that Kypiakou is translated as" + " Cyriacus
- see Kyriakou inscribed in stone for more')\"" + fil3 + "cvx.htm#kyriaco" + fil4 + ">Kyriakou to Cyriacus" + fil5 + "carkyr.gif" + fil2 + "CAR KYRIACo.. FIL DUICISSIMO VIBAS" + " N SPIRITOSAN
This 3rd century inscription was found in the middle" + " of the 19th century by Giovanni Battista de Rossi when he dug out and/or" + " explored the ruins of the Callistus" + " catacomb south of Rome. It is one of the most ancient evidences" + " of our Greek family name and is referenced by many scholars when" + " discussing the epitaphs found within the Christian catacombs.
" + "Translation: Dearest KYRIACo..., son sweetest, live(s)" + " with the Holy Spirit')\">(Car)Kyriaco~
" + fil1 + "kypiako.gif" + fil2 + "This image file was created when the" + " Chiriacka surname was discovered')\"" + fil3 + "cyrialca.htm#chiriacka" + fil4 + ">Kyriakou inscribed in stone" + fil5 + "qviriace.gif" + fil2 + "Late 4th century inscription using the Q" + " versus the K
- neither having the modern softer sound of CYR.')\"" + fil3 + "cvx.htm#qviriace" + fil4 + ">QVIRIACE"); } if (bzid=="all"||bzid=="cl3") { document.write("
Post-4th" + " Century Inscriptions:
" + fil1 + "i/clickthelink.gif" + fil2 + bzcant + "')\"" + fil3 + "cicant.htm','80','28','no')>1486-Archbishop of Canterbury
" + fil1 + "i/clickthelink.gif" + fil2 + bzrome + "')\"" + fil3 + "cirome.htm','60','24','no')>1966-Cardinal Pietro Ciriaci"); } if (bzid=="all"||bzid=="cl3") { document.write("
Miscellaneous:
" + fil1 + "kyriakou.gif" + fil2 + "ancient greek translated')\"" + fil3 + "legend.htm" + fil4 + ">Ancient Greek KYRIAKOU"); } if (bzid=="all") { document.write("
5th~15th century images:
" + fil1 + "cyrcburg.gif" + fil2 + "The Cyriacsburg Citadel in Erfurt is discussed in
our April 1998 Newsletter')\"" + fil3 + "cgx.htm#gerfurt" + fil4 + ">Cyriacsburg" + fil5 + "cyriacusberg.gif" + fil2 + "This ?business card? is discussed here.')\"" + fil3 + "cgx.htm#gerfurt" + fil4 + ">Cyriacusberg" + fil5 + "cyriakust.jpg" + fil2 + "The Cyriakusstraße street sign is discussed at
our Duren, Germany snippet.')\"" + fil3 + "cgx.htm#gduren" + fil4 + ">Cyriakusstrasse" + fil5 + "cyriaxweimar.gif" + fil2 + "Cyriaxweimar is covered more thoroughly here.')\"" + fil3 + "cgx.htm#gcyriaxweimar" + fil4 + ">Cyriaxweimar" + "
Post 15th century images:
" + fil1 + "i/ciriackh.jpg" + fil2 + "Etched in stone name on Hinrich´s barn built in 1896
earliest inscription of Ciriacks spelling in Wisconsin
(John A. Ciriacks standing circa 2003)')\"" + fil3 + "ciriacks.htm" + fil4 + ">Ciriacks" + fil5 + "cyiark04.jpg" + fil2 + "Milwaukee Real Estate agent sign')\"" + fil3 + "cyrialcy.htm#cyiark" + fil4 + ">Cyiark" + fil5 + "citrunk.jpg" + fil2 + "Disappeared Uncle Hermann´s trunk
sent to his brother Hinrich in Jackson, WI')\"" + fil3 + "trunk.htm" + fil4 + ">Cyriacks" + fil5 + "fred/freltrhd.gif" + fil2 + "Cyriacks Letterhead - early 20th century Germany')\"" + fil3 + "fred/index.html" + fil4 + ">Cyriacks" + fil5 + "stcyriak.jpg" + fil2 + "St Cyriak wine label')\"" + fil3 + "cgx.htm#gsulzburg" + fil4 + ">Cyriak" + fil5 + "i/ky239178.jpg" + fil2 +"Graphic Design Artist (California USA)')\"" + fil3 + "cyrialky.htm#kyriaco" + fil4 + ">Kyriaco" + fil5 + "i/ky325184.jpg" + fil2 + "Feng Shui Architect (Great Britain)')\"" + fil3 + "cyrialky.htm#kyriacou" + fil4 + ">Kyriacou"); } document.write(""); } /* titulus('480') 09328=new*/ function titulus(bzh) { var test=bzh + " ";j=test.length; if (j<=1||test=="undefined ") { bzh="260" } document.write("
Being very special, the various TITULI are " + "assigned to the highest executives of the faith, the Cardinals. That" + " the TITULUS S. Cyriaci in Thermis is one of" + " the most highly regarded TITULI in the Church is evidenced" + " (below) by its being associated with one of the three Cardinals chosen to" + " prepare the highly SECRET Chinon Parchment (that secretly absolved the" + " Grand Master and other leaders of the Knights Templar in 1308); being" + " bestowed upon the Archbishop of Canterbury and being associated with the" + " oldest Catholic churches in Italy and America. " + "
Since 5 August 1561, the TITULUS S. Cyriaci in Thermis" + " has been assigned to the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei" + " Martiri alle Terme di Diocleziano di Roma [ aka Lady of the" + " Angels and Basilica dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, to the" + " angels and to the Christian slaves who died building the " + "Baths of Diocletian in Rome (9 Via Cernale at Piazza della" + " Repubblica). ] The Basilica (and baths remains) are situated" + " behind the very large " + "Ministry of Finance building facing the Via XX Settembre. Both" + " are situated atop the former Baths of Diocletian" + " (good pictures) and ancient Church of San Ciriaco at the Baths locations." + "
The various TITULI were 'formally' developed after
The various 'official' TITULI are detailed at the
I. CARDINAL-PRIESTS:
- "
+ " ... twelfth century ... statement of Johannes Diaconus in the sixteenth"
+ " chapter of his work ...:
- "
+ " The cardinalitial titles are as follows:
- 11/26/1994~10/1/2007 - Cardinal"
+ " ,
- Italy (source, except 1540)
- "
+ "
- 1542 - Pomponio Cecci" + "
- 1540 - Reverendissimo Domino D. Petro" + " Bembo, tituli Sancti Cyriaci In Thermis Presbytero" + " Cardinali, the full TITLE in Italian." + "
- 1514 - Bernardino Maffei" + "
- 1476 - Francesco Cornaro (According to this source, the "titulus" + " was suppressed in 1477 by Pope Sixtus IV in favor of Saints Ciro" + " and Giulitta"; restored in 1493 by Pope Alexander VI and" + " suppressed yet again in 1587 by Pope Sixtus V [in favor of Sts" + " Quirico e Giulitta when bestowed upon Cardinal Ferdinanco de'" + " Medici.])" + "
- ???? - Gregorio Cortesi
- 1465/1473~4/6/1486 - " + "" + "(UK source) and the LibraryOfCongress search returns another United Kingdom web site with:
- ... The wardens"
+ " ask the priory to present Nicholas to Thomas [Bourchier], cardinal-priest"
+ " of St Ciriac in Thermis, archbishop of"
+ " Canterbury and papal legate.
- early 15th century -" + " " + " declined the TITULUS and honour." + "
- 1308 - " + "Étienne de Suisy, cardinal priest of St. Cyriac in" + " Thermis per the actual Parchment of Chinon at the Vatican site;" + " but the " + "names Stephanus as one of the three most revered Cardinals of the Church" + " appointed (by Pope Clement V) to investigate and prepare this just now" + " released 700 year old historical, (formerly) secret and controversial" + " document." + "
- 942 - " + "
- 772~844 - The mentions the 'in Thermis' TITULUS being" + " assigned to various Cardinals appointed during the lives of Popes Hadrian" + " (772-795), Leo III (795-816) and Gregory IV (827-844)." + "
- 494 - Marcianus, cardinal priest of the title of S." + " Ciriaco alle Terme di Diocleziano - (source)." + "
- (3?? ~ 361 - possibly Saint Judas Cyriacus, Bishop of" + " Ancona, the first to be assigned this Titulus, along with the honor of" + " the name, Cyriacus, of the earlier saint being honored.)" + "" + "
- Italy (source, except 1540)
- Birth. December 2, 1885, Rome, Italy. Son of Giuseppe
- Episcopate. ... Consecrated, March 18, 1928, basilica of
- Cardinalate. ... Participated in the conclave of 1958, which" + " elected Pope John XXIII. Attended the Second Vatican Council," + " 1962-1965. Participated in the conclave of 1963, which elected Pope" + " Paul VI. Opted for the title of " + "S Lorenzo in Lucina, September 26, 1964." + "
- Death. December 30, 1966, .... The funeral took place on" + " January 3, 1967, in the basilica of S." + " Lorenzo in Lucina, presided by Pope Paul VI." + "" + "
- Bibliography. (see the web site for much more.)" + "
LINKS (needing investigation or translation): " + " year" + " 1504 " + " Inscriptiones insularum maris aegaei" + "
- Episcopate. ... Consecrated, March 18, 1928, basilica of
- S. Lorenzo in Lucina, ..., S. Bernardo alle Terme,"
+ " ..., S. Calisto, S. Cćcilia, ..., S. Maria degli"
+ " Angeli, ..., SS. Quirico e"
+ " Giulítta, .... The cardinalitial deaconries are: S. Maria in Via"
+ " Lata, ..., S. Maria in Dominica"
+ ", .... There are, therefore, in all, seventy-five churches (6 + 53 +"
+ " 16) disposable for the three orders of cardinals. And since, as a"
+ " rule, the cardinals number less than seventy, there are usually several"
+ " churches without any cardinal. ...
The S. Cyriaci in Thermis TITLE has been bestowed" + " upon leading Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church over the centuries." + " Those of whom we are aware, so far, are:
- "
+ "
Notable for NOT being among the Cardinals having the " + "S. Cyriaci in Thermis TITLE bestowed upon him is Pietro Ciriaci" + " (1885-1966) whose biography has (click his name-link to go to the" + " source web site):
- "
+ "
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" + "
See Cirák for a similar cascade of" + " discoveries in July 2009 emanating from
emails with 
"
+ "January 2010:
"
+ " St. Siric's Chapel, (aka Sarik or Cyriacus"
+ " and Cyriac) was formerly located at the site of the"
+ " present St. Andrew's Church in Sonning, England (local Sonning entry) northwest of London near Sandhurst."
+ " This is the first direct reference to the Siric"
+ " spelling, first discovered 5/29/2009, being associated with the "
+ "Cyriac(us) form of our family surname. The similarity to July 2009: Cirák is a very small town in" + " the Győr-Moson-Sopron area of northwest Hungary
- "
+ " Cirák first mentioned"
+ " in writing 1265 in Terra Zyrak form. II. Béla king granted the"
+ " ownership to the hero soldier Vezekényi Zyriacus,"
+ " ancestor of the "
+ "Cziráky family. Thru the ceturies it was known as Czirák, in the early 1900s Hungarian"
+ " grammar modernization "
+ "Czirák became Cirák. The"
+ " Cziráky family owned the"
+ " village most of the time, the family castle is in the neighboring"
+ " village of Dénesfa. Population is about 700 today, "
+ "R.Cath. church in the village. Here's a web forum (now"
+ " dead) in Hungarian about Cirák and neighboring villages, subject is what's in the"
+ " villages, so far complaining not much: http://www.kisalfold.hu/"
+ "forumkifejt.php?forumid=648 Good fishing in the Répce river,"
+ " just outside of the village.
(Did this Zyriacus have anything to do"
+ " with Cyriacus de Serna located 39 years earlier in"
+ " 1226 in nearby A "
+ "translation of an (Did this Cyriacus have anything to do"
+ " with the Zyriacus located 39 years later in 1265 in"
+ " the nearby town of Cirák(Czirák) (47 46 67N"
+ " 17 03 33E) - was the former the world famous Saint and the latter a descendent of the As recently as 1865, The Grande Dictionnaire Universal, Du"
+ " XIX Siecle, Paris (1865) had the following entries using the And, to confuse matters some more, the presumably also french But, the following quote regarding our own CIRIACO DE' PIZZICOLLI (aka Cyriacus of"
+ " Ancona) should clarify the differing spellings: In Washington there is a bible insured for $1 million dollars. "
+ " It's called the Cyriax Bible. ... I was"
+ " in Palm Springs sitting in the theater there. When Eisenhower was"
+ " President (1953 ~ 1960) on the screen showed a The first notable item is the 'He said we were Greek way"
+ " back.' The second is the 'never changed our"
+ " spelling'"
+ " statement - something highly likely to have been passed along in the oral"
+ " history of a family. It may refer to the fact that those remaining"
+ " in the area of Germany where Cyriax was the most"
+ " ancient form of the family name (around "
+ "Erfurt) were aware of that fact. They were also aware of the"
+ " various other family branches within Germany having begun to see their"
+ " surname spellings changed (if they were literate enough to notice) to"
+ " dozens of other variations still surviving to this day."
+ " The final notable item is the implication that the pronunciation being"
+ " referred to IS with an 'ACK' ending (as in Syriac) - not the"
+ " modern 'ACKS' that we now use for Cyriax, Ciriacks"
+ " and Cyriacks. This also points to the original 'X' sound as the"
+ " hard 'K' or 'Chi' in the greek alphabet - making the original Cyriax"
+ " sound like Ciriack, Cyriac, Cyriak, Cyriack, Cyriaque and Syriac but not"
+ " like Cyriacus, Ciriacks, Cyriaks, Cyriacks and the modern Cyriax."
+ " [ Another reference in the same February 1975 letter is to a"
+ " deceased 'big director' with the Cyriax"
+ " name in Hollywood. Other references to (him) haven't been found,"
+ " either. (4/25/10: This may be a reference to our Hollywood Fred Cyriacks.) ]"
+ " [ March 25, 2009: The St Katherine Monastery and Mount Moses"
+ " in South Sinai (Egypt) web site has: Until we discover more about translations from the greek alphabet"
+ " into english we are assuming that the equally large KYRIACOU branch"
+ " of the family emanating from Greece is similarly derived from KYPIAKO."
+ " The Deir al-Suryan - WikiSyriaca (Monastery of the Syrians,"
+ " Egypt) page has: A Syriac"
+ " Timeline (801 A.D. - 1000 A.D.) site references: " + chexitnow);
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"
+ " < 
< Cyriacks"
+ chfil3 + " this change is most significant because it"
+ " involves one of the largest extant variations of the spelling of our"
+ " Kyriakou originated surname - namely the more than one hundred Ciriacks"
+ " surnamed individuals who, along with several hundred of their other"
+ " surnamed first cousins, can call Claus"
+ " Hinrich Ciriacks of Jackson, Wisconsin their great Grandfather."
+ "
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+ "
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+ "CSORNA < CYRIACUS de Serna" + chfil3 + "Csorna is a"
+ " city in the Győr-Moson-Sopron area of northwest Hungary (47 38N 17 18E)"
+ " near where the Austrian, Czechoslovakian and Hungarian borders meet. "
+ " A (now dead) link found a decade ago indicated that "
+ " "... has been inhabited since the stone age. It was first"
+ " mentioned in documents from 1226 as Cyriacus de Serna"
+ ". Establishment of the provostship made the settlement a religious"
+ " centre, which already had market-holding rights before the Mongol"
+ " invasion. ... Thermal springs used for the treatment of rheumatic"
+ " and joint diseases are located in the pleasant countryside of this"
+ " Rábaköz area. ..."
(auf deutschen site) also indicates that the area is"
+ " encouraging tourist trade by emphasizing their colorful medieval, baroque"
+ " and folk past through traditions, buildings and trade goods. Vienna"
+ " is 120 km (76 miles) away and the local Austrian brick factory, "
+ " Gleinstetten GmbH, is another recent example of a company going '
The CSORNA spelling"
+ " could have brought forth both SORNA and ZORNA, which themselves most likely brought forth the further"
+ " contractions of SONA"
+ " and ZONA. "
+ " Nine years ago, on 7/19/2000, when this spelling was first discovered,"
+ " Csorna returned 4 SocialSecurityDeaths"
+ "Index hits, 1,477 AltaVista, 1931 AllTheWeb(the best international"
+ " search engine before Google), 1507 Google, 15 LibraryOfCongress and 990"
+ " Snap(a better search engine before Google)."
+ "
Cyriacus de Serna, was"
+ " shortened to become Csorna; similar to the way
(Ben Ciriacks, original webmaster of this"
+ " site, discovered this spelling on Ken Cyiark's real estate sign in April 2004. He walked by it on"
+ " the way to work at the spring election polling place a couple blocks from"
+ " his former family homestead in Milwaukee. Weeks later, Ben hired"
+ " Ken to handle the sale of his home and discovered how the name was"
+ " pronounced and how they could possibly be distant relatives through"
+ " Africa, France and/or Italy.)");
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document.write("" + chfill + "CYRIACK <" + " CYRIACKS"
+ chfil3 + " In the USA, this 'dropping of the s' at the end happened"
+ " in the 20th century with those members of the Fred Cyriacks' Minnesota"
+ " branch who left the state. Also interesting to note is that these"
+ " cousins pronounce the surname as 
(seer-ik) or (seer-iks) depending upon whether they're"
+ " Cyriack or Cyriacks surnamed, respectively. It should also be noted"
+ " that Nebraska has its own Brun Cyriacks (brother of Fred) descended"
+ " branch that still pronounces the name as
[ Using this as a modern example, it's easy to see how "
+ "(seer-ee-ah-koos) this change is probably the earliest hint"
+ " that the ancient and original usage of the latinized 'C' was the hard"
+ " sound as in Candy and equivalent to the more greek 'K' than to the modern"
+ " and softer alternative as in City. CYRIACUS,"
+ " KYRIAKOU and CYRIAX appear to be"
+ " the oldest historical spellings of our family name. "
+ "Cyriaci is often seen in place of Cyriacus in"
+ " ancient Rome - see references in the Genesis-Legend file."
+ "
A Dictionary of African Christian Biography site indicates that"
+ " Cyriacus is spelled as Heraklios"
+ " in latin/westernized Arabic.");
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+ chfil3 + " the Cyriax in this instance is the one with"
+ " the hard 'K' sound at the end, as in the greek 'chi' which looks like an"
+ " X. It's presumed that the ancient french alphabet converted the"
+ " hard ending Cyriax to Cyriaque."
+ "
"
+ "
(Clement wrote under the pseudonym, Denis Henrion.)
"
+ ""
+ ""Called Cyriacus in Latin, German, and sometimes in English; Cyriaque"
+ " in French; and Ciriaco de' Pizzecolli in Italian. He usually signed"
+ " himself as Kyriacus Anconitanus de Picenicollibus"
+ " (abbreviated to K.A.P.) or, occasionally in his later years, as
"
+ " To further highlight the point that Cyriaque is "
+ " ... we are the real Cyriax, because we"
+ " never changed our spelling. This I know because
No other references to a The Library"
+ " represents one of the richest collections in the world. Out of 6000"
+ " manuscripts, 3000 are ancient, some of them older than the monastery"
+ " itself. Written in Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Syriac, Armenian Georgian"
+ ", Coptic, Polish and Slavic, the manuscripts deal with theological,"
+ " scientific, liturgical and historical issues. The Codex"
+ " Syriacus is a 5th century translation of the Gospels in "
+ "Syriac and the oldest translation of the bible into any "
+ " other language. It is the oldest after the theft of the
"
+ " Images of Codex Syriacus & reference to it being"
+ " () "
+ " preserved in the Laurentian Library at Florence. ]"
+ "
"
+ " my great grandfather from greece had the name aristedes kyriakou and i was looking"
+ " for any info on my genealogy he changed his last name to kayes while living in san"
+ " francisco he married ...
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+ " < " + chfil3
+ "
"
+ " this change is merely one from the greek alphabet to ancient Latin and"
+ " probably happened after the 3rd century AD."
+ "
");
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+ chfil3 + " This spelling probably originated with someone whose first"
+ " language was not one with an english alphabet. The translation"
+ " process disregarded the 'QU' preference in english and points to a"
+ " pronunciation for this name as [keer-ee-ah-kos] versus [cure-ee-ah-cos].");
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+ " < KYRIAKOS"
+ chfil3 + "This spelling appears to be a 'westernized' translation from the"
+ " local ?Arabic? alphabet that prefers the hard 'Q' to the hard 'K' or 'C'"
+ " sounds. When the earliest form of this 'Q' preference was used has"
+ " yet to be found, but the modern usage appears to refer to the Syriac"
+ " Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch during 793-817. "
+ " The Kyriakos spelling may also be used in documents"
+ " referring to this same patriarch or his similarly named successors."
+ " Towards the end of the 15th cent., an abbot of"
+ " Lebanese origin, Quriaqos (Cyriacus,"
+ " also known as Severus) gave a fresh"
+ " impetus to the intellectual and cultural life in the Monastery. ...
"
+ ""
+ " 812 or 813 AD -Quriaqos or Cyriacus Patriarch of"
+ " Antioch held ...
"
+ " "
+ ""
+ "
"
+ " [ For purposes of our ,"
+ " QURYAQOS will be the spelling used to refer to all"
+ " variations of the name that begin with a 'Q' which refer to the early 4th"
+ " century martyr we know as "
+ "CYRIACUS at the Baths. ]");
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document.write("
Our encoding/genesis/legend file has more"
+ " regarding surname spellings. It can safely be assumed that"
+ " thousands of other individuals have had their surnames changed over the"
+ " centuries for innumerable reasons."
+ "