St. Hegesippus (c. 110-c. 180) | EAST

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St. Hegesippus, Memoirs, quoted in Eusebius, Church History (c. 180)

• Apostolic Succession | Book 4, Ch. 22, §3

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(Book 4, Ch. 22, §3)

And when I had come to Rome I remained there until [Pope] Anicetus, whose deacon was Eleutherus. And Anicetus was succeeded by Soter, and he by Eleutherus. In every succession, and in every city that is held which is preached by the law and the prophets and the Lord.