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Eusebius of Caesarea, NPNF II.1
Book 3, 34. Evarestus, the Fourth Bishop of the Church of Rome
In the third year of the reign of the emperor mentioned above,1 Clement2 committed the episcopal government of the church of Rome to Evarestus,3 and departed this life after he had superintended the teaching of the divine word nine years in all.
Notes
- The Emperor Trajan.
- On Clement of Rome, see chap. 4, note 19.
- In Bk. IV. chap. 1, Eusebius gives eight years as the duration of Evarestus’ episcopate; but in his Chron. he gives seven. Other catalogues differ widely, both as to the time of his accession and the duration of his episcopate. …