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After the martyrdom of James and the conquest of Jerusalem which
immediately followed, it is said that those of the apostles and
disciples of the Lord that were still living came together from all
directions with those that were related to the Lord according to the
flesh to take counsel as to who was worthy to succeed James. They all
with one consent pronounced Symeon, the son of Clopas, of whom the
Gospel also makes mention; to be worthy of the episcopal throne of
that parish. He was a cousin, as they say, of the Saviour. For
Hegesippus records that Clopas was a brother of Joseph.
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