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Historia Ecclesiastica

Book IV, Chapter 4. The Bishops of Rome and of Alexandria under the Same Emperor

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Eusebius of Caesarea

In the third year of the same reign, Alexander, bishop of Rome, died after holding office ten years. His successor was Xystus. About the same time Primus, bishop of Alexandria, died in the twelfth year of his episcopate, and was succeeded by Justus.

Trans. Arthur Cushman McGiffert, A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church, Second Series, Volume I, 1890. Public domain.

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