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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  ,

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

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