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Alphæus (2)

Mark ii. 14. 14.2. ALPHÆUS, the Father of Levi, or St. Matthew, whom the Son of God took from his office, and made an Apostle and Evangelist. We know nothing particularly of Alphæus, the Father of St. Matthew.

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