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Originally appearing in Volume V04, Page 960 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GAIUS, See also:pope from 283 to 296, was the son of Gaius, or of Concordius, a relative of the See also:emperor See also:Diocletian, and became pope on the 17th of See also:December 283. His See also:tomb, with the See also:original See also:epitaph, was discovered in the See also:cemetery of See also:Calixtus and in it the See also:ring with which he used to See also:seal his letters (see Arringhi, See also:Roma subterr., 1. iv. c. xlviii. p. 426). He died in 296.

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