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Translator's Biographical Notice.

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Alexander of Cappadocia.

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Translator’s Biographical Notice.

[a.d. 170–233–251.] Alexander was at first bishop of a church in Cappadocia, but on his visiting Jerusalem he was appointed to the bishopric of the church there, while the previous bishop Narcissus was alive, in consequence of a vision which was believed to be divine.1227 During the Decian persecution he was thrown into prison at Cæsarea, and died there,1228 a.d. 251. The only writings of his which we know are those from which the extracts are made.1229

Footnotes

  1. 1227

    Euseb., Hist. Eccles., vi. 11. [Narcissus must have been born about a.d. 121. Might have known Polycarp.]

  2. 1228

    Ibid., vi. 46. [Narcissus lived till a.d. 237, and died a martyr, aged 116.]

  3. 1229

    [He was a pupil of Pantænus, continued under Clement, and defended Origen against the severity of Demetrius. Two dates which are conjectural are adjusted to these facts. I find it difficult to reconcile them with those implied by Eusebius.]