Chapter II. -The First Ruler Of The Church Of Rome.
Church History
By Eusebius Pamphilius
Chapter II.--The First Ruler of the Church of Rome.
1. After the martyrdom of Paul and of Peter, Linus [576] was the first to obtain the episcopate of the church at Rome. Paul mentions him, when writing to Timothy from Rome, in the salutation at the end of the epistle. [577]