Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, Giovanni Paolo Panini

Alexander of Jerusalem

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

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Who

Bishop in Cappadocia, then bishop of Jerusalem, at first beside its aged bishop Narcissus. He was a friend of Origen, whom he ordained, and founded a library at Jerusalem that Eusebius later used. He died in prison at Caesarea under Decius. Eusebius preserves fragments of his letters.

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