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Kirchengeschichte (BKV)
24. Kap. Annianus, der erste Bischof von Alexandrien nach Markus.
Im achten Jahre der Regierung Neros übernahm Annianus als erster nach dem Evangelisten Markus die Leitung der Kirche in Alexandrien.
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The Church History of Eusebius
Chapter XXIV.--Annianus the First Bishop of the Church of Alexandria after Mark.
1. When Nero was in the eighth year of his reign, 1 Annianus 2 succeeded Mark the evangelist in the administration of the parish of Alexandria. 3
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62 a.d. With this agrees Jerome's version of the Chron., while the Armenian version gives the seventh year of Nero. ↩
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Annianus, according to Bk. III. chap. 14, below, held his office twenty-two years. In Apost. Const. VII. 46 he is said to have been ordained by Mark as the first bishop of Alexandria. The Chron. Orient. 89 (according to Westcott in the Dict. of Christ. Biog.) reports that he was appointed by Mark after he had performed a miracle upon him. He is commemorated in the Roman martyrology with St. Mark, on April 25. ↩
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Upon Mark's connection with Egypt, see above, chap. 16, note 1. ↩