Epiphania

The name Epiphania survives in Befana, the great fair held at that season in Rome; it is difficult to say how closely the practice then observed of buying all sorts of earthenware images, combined with whistles, and representing some type of Roman life, is to be connected with the rather similar custom in vogue during the December feast of the Saturnalia.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

At the time of the Macedonian conquest it was given the name Epiphania, no doubt in honour of Antiochus Epiphanes.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

The Befana's name is obviously derived from _Epiphania_.

Christmas in Ritual and Tradition, Christian and Pagan Clement A. Miles

It occurs in the fifth canon of the Council of Nicea (A.D. 325), where there is only question of the proper time for celebrating a synod, and it is conceivable that it may refer not to a period but to a definite festival, e.g., the Feast of the Ascension, or the Purification, which Ætheria calls quadragesimæ de Epiphania.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

Consequently Father Machebeuf was nominated to that office and was consecrated titular Bishop of Epiphania at Cincinnati by Archbishop

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913

Epiphania was the birthplace of George, the usurping Bishop of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

Lequien (Oriens Christianus, II, 915-918) mentions nine Greek bishops of Epiphania.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

It is as Epiphania that it is best known in ecclesiastical documents.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913

George of Cappadocia, born at Epiphania in Cilicia, was a low parasite, who got a lucrative contract to supply the army with bacon.

IX. English Traits. Cockayne 1909

Until Porphyry had been intruded into the see Constantius, the chosen candidate of all the people, aided by his good sister Epiphania, had managed the property both of Chrysostom and of Philip.

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895