Pat'robas. (paternal). A Christian at Rome, to whom St. Paul sends his salutation. Romans 16:14. Like many other names mentioned in Romans 16, this was borne by at least one member of the emperor's household. (Suet. Galba. 20; Martial, Ep. Ii. 32). (A.D. 55).
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