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BOOK VII. THAT great bishop of Alexandria, Dionysius, shall aid us also in the composition of the seventh book of our history, by extract ing from his works whatsoever particulars of his day he has separately detailed in the epistles that he has left us. With these, at least, we shall commence our account. CHAPTER I. The great wickedness of Decius and Gallus. DECIUS had scarcely reigned two years, when he, with his children, was slain. Gallus was his successor. Origen died at this time, in the seventieth year of his age. Dionysius, in an epistle to Hermamon, makes the following remarks on Gallus : " But neither did Gallus understand the wickedness of Decius, nor did he foresee what it was that had destroyed him, but he stumbled at the same stone lying before his eyes. For when his reign was advancing prosperously, and his affairs succeeding ac cording to his wishes, he persecuted those holy men, who inter ceded with God both for his peace and safety. Hence, together with them, he also persecuted the very prayers that were offered up in his behalf." Thus much he has said respecting him. CHAPTER II. The bishops of Rome at this time. AFTER Cornelius had held the episcopal office at Rome about three years, he was succeeded by Lucius, but the latter did not 271