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At this time Narcissus was the bishop of the church at Jerusalem,
and he is celebrated by many to this day. He was the fifteenth in
succession from the siege of the Jews under Adrian. We have shown
that from that time first the church in Jerusalem was composed of
Gentiles, after those of the circumcision, and that Marcus was the
first Gentile bishop that presided over them. After him the
succession in the episcopate was: first Cassianus; after him
Publius; then Maximus; following them Julian; then Gaius; after
him Symmachus and another Gaius, and again another Julian; after
these Capito and Valens and Dolichianus; and after all of them
Narcissus, the thirtieth in regular succession from the apostles.
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