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fpirit or integrity to imitate, the emperor bani/hed them 
into the Eait. Lucifer’s place of exile was at firft at Ger- 
manicia,a city in Syria ; whence he was afterwards removed 
to Eleutheropolis in Paleftine, where he refided for the 
longeft period. Here he wrote two books in defence of 
Athanafius and his fupporters, againft the emperor Con¬ 
ftantius, with fo much boldnefs, and even indecent vio¬ 
lence, that, as St. Jerome obferves, when he wrote them, 
his mind mult have been prepared to fuflfer martyrdom. 
Thefe books he not only publilhed, but fent a copy of 
them to Conftantius to be prefented to him in hie own name. 
Altonifhed at his intrepidity, the emperor delivered them 
to Florentius, grand matter of his palace, to fend them to 
Lucifer, that he might either acknowledge or difavow 
them. Without hefitation the bifhop openly declared 
himfelf to be the author, and wrote to Florentius that he 
■was ready to fuft'er death in defence of what he had written 
and done. But, if he courted the honours of martyrdom, 
he did not obtain them. About this time Athanafius 
fent a deacon to him, with a letter of thanks for the fei- 
vice which he had rendered the catholic caufe, and re- 
quefting a copy of his works, which he either tranflated 
himfelf, or caufed'to be tranflated, from the Latin into 
Greek. Gn the death of Conftantius, Lucifer, who with 
his fellow-fufferer Eufebius, had been exiled into the up¬ 
per Thebais, recovered his liberty in common with the 
other catholic bifhops, and came to Antioch, where the 
Catholics were divided into two parties. Inftead of con¬ 
tributing to heal the breach, Lucifer widened it, by join¬ 
ing with the opponents of the bifliop Meletius, who, 
though a Catholic, was ordained by bifliops fufpefted of 
Arianifm, and had communicated with them ; and he in- 
temperately ordained Paulinus, a prefbyter among the 
malcontents, to the epifcopal office. This Itep was con¬ 
demned by his friend Eufebius of Verceil, who had been 
fent to Antioch by the fynod of Alexandria, with the 
view of re-eftablifliing the peace of that church. But 
Lucifer, determined to maintain what he had done, in¬ 
dignantly withdrew from the communion of Eufebius ; 
and formed a party, called after hint Luciferians, who 
refolved to avoid all commerce or fellowfliip with thole 
bifliops who had declared themf'elves in favour of the 
Arians, or acceded to the aft of ablolution, which the 
Catholic world in general had palled in favour of thofe 
■who in the time of Conftantius had deferted to the Arians, 
Lucifer and his followers, it feems, were willing to re¬ 
ceive the laity who came over from the Arians, upon re¬ 
nouncing their error 5 but they would not conl'ent that 
bifhops, who had complied with the Arians, fliould be 
received as fuch. They might, upon their returning to 
the Catholics, be received as laymen ; but they were not 
any more to officiate in the church. With this refolution 
Lucifer withdrew into Sardinia, and produced a fchilrn in 
the church ; which fpread very widely, but did not obtain 
numerous adherents, and does not appear to have out¬ 
lived the current century. Lucifer is fuppofed to have 
died in the year 370. His works are written without art 
and eloquence, with much heat and paffion, and in a harffi 
and barbarous ffyie. Dupin pronounces them to be “no¬ 
thing but acolleftion of paffages of Scripture, mixed with 
apoffrophes, applications, and reflections.” They were 
collefted together, and publifhed at Paris by John Till, 
bifhop of Meaux, in 1568, 2 vo. Fabricii Bibl. Eccl. Cave's 
Hiji. Lit. Lardner's Cred. , 
LUCIFE'RA, in mythology, a furname given to Diana, 
under which title (lie was invoked by the Greeks in child¬ 
bed. She was reprefented as covered with a large veil, 
jnterfperfed with ffars, bearing a crefcent on her head, and 
holding in her hand a lighted flambeau. 
LUCIFE'RIAN, adj. [from LuciferF\ Belonging to Lu- 
jsiferj proud; haughty. Bailey. 
LUCIFE'RIANS, f. A religious feft, who adhered to 
.the feiffm of Lucifer, bifhop of Cagliari, who was banifhed 
by the emperor Conftantius, for having defended the Ni- 
tene doctrine concerning the three perfons in the God- 
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head. 9 t. Auguftine feems to intimate, that they believed 
the foul, which they confidered as of a carnal nature, to 
be tranfmitted to the children from their fathers. The 
Luciferians increafed mightily in Gaul, Spain, Egypt, &c, 
The occafion of the fchifm was, that Lucifer would not 
allow any afts he had done to be abolifhed. There were 
but two Luciferian bifliops, but a great number of prielts 
and deacons. The Luciferians bore a peculiar.averfion to 
the Arians. 
LUCIF'EROUS, adj. \lucifer, Lat.] Giving light; af-" 
fording means of difeovery.*—The experiment is not ig¬ 
noble 5 and luciferous enough, as fliowing a new way to 
produce a volatile fait. Boyle. 
LUCIF'IC, adj. [lux and facto, Lat.] Making light; 
producing light.—When made to converge, and fo mixed 
together; though their lijcific motion be continued, yet 
by interfering, that equal motion, which is the colorific, 
is interrupted. Grew. 
LUCIF'UGOJJS, adj. [from the Lat. lax, light, and fugo, 
to fly.] Shunning the light; flying from the light. Scott. 
LUCIG'ENOUS, 'adj. [from the Lat. lux, light, and 
gigno, to beget.] Begotten in the day-time ; born in the 
day-time. Scott. 
LUCIL'IUS (Cains), a Roman poet, was born at SuefTa 
in the country of the Aurunci, about B. C. 148. He was 
of a good fartiily, and was great-uncle to Pompey the 
Great. In the Numantine war he bore arms under Sclpio 
Africanus the Younger, with whom and his friend La;- 
lius lie lived upon familiar terms. It is faid in the Eu- 
febian Chronicle, that he died at Naples B. C. 103, at the 
age of forty-fix ; but this is probably a miftake, fince Ho¬ 
race [peaks of him as an old man, and Aulus Gellius 
mentions him as citing the Licinian Law, which was not 
palled till five or fix years after the alleged time of his 
death. Lucilius rendered himfelf famous as the firft La¬ 
tin fatirilf, at leafl the firft of note; and his verfes appear 
to have been extremely popular in Rome. From'Hora.ce, 
who refers to them leveral times in his own fatires, we 
learn that he imitated the old Greek comedians in mark¬ 
ing out by liis cenfure individuals notorious for their 
vices, though of the iiigheft rank ; being (fays this .poet) 
Uni cequus Virtuti, atque jus arnica ; “To Virtue only and 
her friends a friend.” Horace, however, deferibes him as 
liarfli and negligent in his verification, hafty, and un¬ 
willing to fubmit to the tc?il of correftnefs. He was like- 
wile cenfured for the frequent mixture of Greek with 
Latin words. He appears to have been a great egotift, 
committing (fays Horace) “all his fecrets to his books, 
whence the whole life of the old man is difplayed, as in 4 
votive tablet.” He was a keen and vehement fatirift ; 
who, according to the metaphor of Juvenal, purfued the 
guilty “ fword in hand,” Of his thirty books of verfes 
only fame lcattered fragments ire come down to modern 
times, Thefe were publifhed feparately, with annotations 
by Francis Douza, in 4to. Arnft. 1503 ; reprinted at Pa¬ 
dua, 1713. The fragments are alio given in Mattaire’s 
Corpus Poetarum. VpJ/ii Poet. Lat. 
LUCIL'LA, a Roman lady, the daughter of Marcus 
Aurelius, celebrated for the virtues of her youth, her 
beauty, her debaucheries, and her misfortunes, ft the 
age of fixteen her father fent her to Syria to marry the 
emperor Verus, who was then employed in a war With 
the Partbians and Armenians. The conjugal virtues of 
Lucilla were great at firft; but, when file faw Verus 
plunge himfelf into debauchery and' diflipatioji, ftie fol¬ 
lowed his example, and proftituted herfelf. At her re¬ 
turn to Rome, fhe law the inceftuous commerce of her 
hufband with her mother, &c. ^nd at laft poifooed him. 
She afterwards married an old but virtuous fenator, by 
order of her father; and was not afhamed foon to gratify 
the criminal fenfualities of her brother Commodus, 
The coldnefs and indifference with which Commodus 
treated her afterwards determined her on revenue j 
and five, with many illuftrious lenators, confpired agafnlt 
his life, A. D. 185. The plot was difeovered; Lucffla 
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