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Chapter
XIII.—Anencletus, the Second Bishop of
Rome.
After Vespasian had reigned ten years Titus, his son, succeeded him.698
| 698 Vespasian reigned from July 1 (if his reign be dated from the time
he was proclaimed emperor in Egypt; if from the death of Vitellius,
Dec. 20), 69, to June 24, 79 a.d. | In the second year of his reign, Linus,
who had been bishop of the church of Rome for twelve years,699
| 699 In
his Chron. (Armenian) Eusebius gives the length of Linus’
episcopate as fourteen years, while Jerome gives it as eleven years.
Both figures are about equally reliable; see above, chap. 2, note
1. | delivered his office to Anencletus.700
| 700 Of
Anencletus, or Cletus, as he is also called, we know nothing more than
that he was one of the traditional first three bishops of Rome.
Hippolytus makes two bishops, Anencletus and Cletus, out of the one
man, and he is followed by the Roman Catholic Church (see above, chap.
2, note 1). According to chap. 15, Anencletus held office twelve
years. | But Titus was succeeded by his brother
Domitian after he had reigned two years and the same number of
months.701
| 701 Titus
died Dec. 13, a.d. 81. He therefore reigned
two years and six months, instead of two years and two months as
Eusebius states. | E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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