Peter Restored at Alexandria

About the same time, as soon as the emperor Valens left Antioch, all who had been suffering persecution anywhere began to take courage again, and especially those at Alexandria. Peter returned to that city from Rome with letters from Damasus, the Roman bishop, in which Damasus confirmed the homoousian faith and approved Peter’s ordination. The people, regaining their confidence, drove out Lucius, who at once took ship for Constantinople. But Peter lived only a very short time after his restoration, and at his death he appointed his brother Timothy to succeed him. [a]