“Soter was pope for eight years, c. 167 to 175. We possess a fragment of an interesting letter addressed to him by St. Dionysius of Corinth, who writes:
“From the beginning it has been your custom to do good to all the brethren in many ways, and to send alms to many churches in every city, refreshing the poverty of those who sent requests, or giving aid to the brethren in the mines, by the alms which you have had the habit of giving from old, Romans keeping up the traditional custom of the Romans; which your blessed Bishop Soter has not only preserved, but has even increased, by providing the abundance which he has sent to the saints, and by further consoling with blessed words with brethren who came to him, as a loving father his children.”
“Caius and Soter, Saints and Popes” from www.newadvent.org retrieved on January 24, 2010.