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camel caravan. According to John of
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Longinus sent a report to the king of
Nobadia, who sent his own letter to the patriarch of Alexandria. The king of Alodia also sent a letter to the king of Nobadia thanking him for sending the "holy father" Longinus to Alodia. All three letters were copied by John of Ephesus into his chronicle.
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In 575, Longinus was consulted by Syrian envoys concerning the readmission of the deposed
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in 543, but had been interrupted in 551. Longinus arrived in
Nobadia in 569 and remained for six years. He built the first church in Nubia, probably the mudbrick building which was discovered beneath the ruins of
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