▁Dr ôme . ▁although ▁the ▁largely ▁dis cred ited ▁ 1 7 th ▁century ▁historian ▁Poly car pe ▁de ▁la ▁Riv ière ▁says ▁he ▁was ▁the ▁successor ▁to ▁St ▁Mars ▁of ▁Die ▁bishop ▁c . ▁ 2 2 0 , ▁and ▁then ▁St ▁H iger . ▁These ▁prior ▁b ish ops ▁are ▁not ▁known ▁from ▁other ▁sources . ▁ ▁The ▁same ▁Poly car pe ▁claims ▁to ▁have ▁found ▁in ▁a ▁life ▁of ▁St ▁Marcel ▁de ▁Die , ▁a ▁letter ▁from ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁N ica ea ▁for ▁N ica ise ▁to ▁give ▁to ▁the ▁b ish ops ▁of ▁Ga ules . ▁In ▁this , ▁no ▁trace ▁has ▁ever ▁been ▁found ▁of ▁this ▁letter . ▁ ▁Att endance ▁at ▁N ica ea ▁At ▁first ▁glance ▁N ica ise ▁was ▁an ▁unlikely ▁at ten de e ▁at ▁the ▁Council ▁of ▁N ica ea . ▁The ▁Latin ▁churches ▁were ▁represented ▁by ▁only ▁four ▁deleg ations , ▁of ▁Die , ▁ ▁of ▁Rome , ▁of ▁Car th age ▁and ▁that ▁of ▁Cord oba ▁( wh ose ▁bishop ▁H os ius , ▁was ▁the ▁advis er ▁of ▁the ▁em peror ▁Const antine ). ▁We ▁see ▁that ▁these ▁four ▁seats ▁were ▁not ▁random , ▁they ▁represent ▁the ▁four ▁regions ▁of ▁the ▁West : ▁Italy , ▁Africa , ▁Spain ▁( I ber ia ) ▁and ▁Ga ul . ▁It ▁should ▁have ▁been ▁expect ▁that ▁Ga uls ' ▁B ish ops ▁send ▁their ▁prim ate ▁the ▁ ▁arch bishop ▁of ▁Lyon , ▁Max ime ▁( or ▁T et rad ). ▁Instead