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Damasus the bishop.
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Damasus the bishop.

Chapter CIII.

Damasus, 2530 bishop of Rome, had a fine talent for making verses and published many brief works in heroic metre. He died in the reign of the Emperor Theodosius at the age of almost eighty.

Footnotes
  1. 381:2530

    Pope Damasus, died 380.

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