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. He was the second bishop of

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character Saint Apelles, and he was reputed to have been a brother of the Biblical

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.Bryan Cross, https://www.calledtocommunion.com/2014/06/the-bishops-of-history-and-the-catholic-faith-a-reply-to-brandon-addison/. (2014) Tradition holds that he was martyred.

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