Note 019
From Chapter 15 of the Decline & Fall

Eusebius, 1. iii. c. 5. Le Clerc, Hist. Ecclesiast. p. 605. During this occasional absence, the bishop and church of Pella still retained the title of Jerusalem. In the same manner, the Roman pontiffs resided seventy years at Avignon, and the patriarchs of Alexandria have long since transferred their episcopal seat to Cairo.

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