McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Alexander Of (St.) Elpidius

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Alexander Of (St.) Elpidius


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in Italy, near Rome, was general of the order of Augustinian hermits in 1312, and in 1325 was made archbishop of Ravenna. The time of his death is uncertain. He wrote a treatise on The Imperial Jurisdiction and the Authority of the Roman Pontiff, by order of pope John XXII (Lyons. 1498, in 2 books; Rimini, 1624): — also two other works. See Cave, Hist. Lit. 2, 16; Pamphilus, Chiron. Ord. Erem.