ancient sect in the Christian church, who taught that Easter should always be celebrated according to the custom of the Jews, on the fourteenth day of the moon in the month of March, whensoever that day fell out. And hence they derived their name quarto de imani, q.d. Fourteenthers. The Asiatics were mightily attached to this opinion, pre-

tending that it was built on the authority of St John, who was their apostle; and pope Victor could never bring them to obedience in this article, though he was upon the point of excommunicating them; but it is more probable he contented himself with menaces. See Easter.