St. Lucian

Priest and martyr under Diocletian; undertook a new edition of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek, making him the seventh translator after the Septuagint tradition.

Preface and Praise of Sacred Scripture

• The Septuagint Translation and Greek Translators — Seventh translator of the Old Testament from Hebrew into Greek; priest and martyr under Diocletian

  "Seventh was St. Lucian, a priest and martyr, under Diocletian, who undertook a new edition from Hebrew into Greek."

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