Tempo delle origini e tempo della storia nella percezione dell’episcopato di Alessandria durante la tarda antichità
The recently published Historia episcopatus Alexandriae (end of the fourth, beginning of the fifth century), Severus of Antioch (first part of the sixth century), and Eutychius of Alexandria (tenth century) attest to an ancient custom concerning the election of the patriarch of Alexandria, according to which he would be appointed by a group of twelve priests who would choose him from within their number. According to HEpA this would have happened in the presence of the corpse of the predecessor.