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ELEUTHERIUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V09, Page 263 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ELEUTHERIUS , See also:

pope from about 175 to 189. Allusions to him are found in the letters of the martyrs of See also:Lyons, cited by See also:Eusebius, and in other documents of the See also:time. The See also:Liber Pontificalis, at the beginning of the 6th See also:century, says that he had relations with a See also:British See also:king, See also:Lucius, who was desirous of being converted to See also:Christianity. This tradition—Roman, not British —is an See also:enigma to critics, and, apparently, has no See also:historical See also:foundation. (L.

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