Cyrenius

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From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Cyrenius
     the Grecized form of Quirinus. His full name was Publius
     Sulpicius Quirinus. Recent historical investigation has proved
     that Quirinus was governor of Cilicia, which was annexed to
     Syria at the time of our Lord's birth. Cilicia, which he ruled,
     being a province of Syria, he is called the governor, which he


     was de jure, of Syria. Some ten years afterwards he was
     appointed governor of Syria for the second time. During his
     tenure of office, at the time of our Lord's birth (Luke 2:2), a
     "taxing" (R.V., "enrolment;" i.e., a registration) of the people
     was "first made;" i.e., was made for the first time under his
     government. (See {TAXING}.)
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Cyrenius, who governs