Orig. Philocal. c. 23. p. 81, 82. Footnote 139: Epiph. hær. 30. c. 15. Footnote 140: Ruf. ad Orig. p. 195. Footnote 141: Epiph. hær. 30. p. 65. Footnote 142: Athan. sym. p. 154. Footnote 143: Euseb. l. 3. c. 38. Footnote 144: Ign. prol. c. 8. p. 54. Footnote 145: Epiph. hær. 76. p. 822. Footnote 146: Phot. c. 113. Footnote 147: Pears. in Ign. t. 1. p. 60, 61. Footnote 148: Alb. obser. l. 1. c. 3. p. 37, 38. Footnote 149: Idem ib. et Ign. prol. c. 15. p. 103. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAJAN EVARISTUS, _Fourth_ BISHOP _of_ Rome. [Sidenote: Year of Christ 100. ] Clement was succeeded by _Evaristus_, _Evaristes_, or _Aristus_, as he is called in the most antient Catalogue of the Popes[150], in the Third Year of _Trajan_’s Reign, that is, in the Close of the First Century of the Christian Æra. [Sidenote: Evaristus _governs Nine Years_.] He governed about Nine Years, that is, to the Twelfth Year of _Trajan_, and the 109th of Christ[151]. _Eusebius_, in his Chronicle, supposes him to have died in the Year 107[152]; and, in his History, says, that his Death happened about the Year 109[153]: but, in the Series and Succession of the Popes, that Writer is every-where consistent with himself in his History, and quite otherwise in his Chronicle. [Sidenote: _Several things ascribed to him, without sufficient Foundation._] Besides, the History ought to correct the Chronicle, as being posterior to it. To _Evaristus_ are ascribed Two Decretals, the Distribution of the Titles or Parishes of _Rome_, on which _Baronius_ makes a long Descant[154], and an Order, that Bishops, when they preached, should be always attended by Seven Deacons[155]. But these, and many other things of the same Nature, we read only in _Baronius_, _Platina_, _Anastasius_, _Ciaconius_, &c. and my Design is, as I have declared in the Preface, to follow the Antients alone, in the History of the antient Popes; and therefore I shall take no notice of what the Moderns advance, unless I find it supported by the Authority of the original Writers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- TRAJAN ALEXANDER, ADRIAN. _Fifth_ BISHOP _of_ Rome. [Sidenote: Year of Christ 109. ]