The name which he afterwards acquired being doubtless due to the peculiarity of his personal appearance, the largeness of his head. Matthew Paris speaks of him as "Robert who is known by the surname of Grosseteste," or "Robert called Great-Head." Nicholas Trivet says, "he was surnamed by many Great-Head."
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So Joseph, who was surnamed Bar?na·bas by the apostles, which means, when translated, Son of Comfort, a Levite, a native of Cy?prus, possessing a piece of land, sold it and brought the money and deposited it at the feet of the apostles.
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