Is in fullonio natus (ut ferebatur), apud Epiphaniam Ciliciae oppidum, auctusque in damna complurium, contra utilitatem suam reique communis, episcopus Alexandriae est ordinatus, in civitate quae suopte motu et ubi causae non suppetunt, seditionibus crebris agitatur et turbulentis, ut oraculorum quoque loquitur fides.
The story goes that he was born in a fullery at Epiphania, a town of Cilicia, and flourished to the ruin of many people. Then, contrary to his own advantage and that of the commonwealth, he was ordained bishop of Alexandria, a city which on its own impulse, and without ground, is frequently roused to rebellion and rioting, as the oracles themselves show.
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