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had been held before his martyrdom, Quirinus jumped up immediately and took
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Quirinus quickly returned home and brought his daughter to the prison where he had originally locked up Pope Alexander. There, they found Alexander patiently waiting for them, tightly shackled as before. Seeing this, they knelt before him in reverence.
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