Pope Anterus

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Anterus
Birth name Anterus
Papacy began November 21, 235
Papacy ended January 3, 236
Predecessor Pontian
Successor Fabian
Born  ???
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Died January 3, 236
Rome, Italy
Styles of
Pope Anterus
Reference style His Holiness
Spoken style Your Holiness
Religious style Holy Father
Posthumous style Saint

Pope Anterus, the 19th Pope (Reign: November 21, 235 - January 3, 236), succeeded Pope Pontian, who had been deported from Rome along with the antipope Hippolytus to Sardinia. It is claimed he was martyred,[1] but there is little evidence for this and it is more likely that he died in undramatic circumstances during the persecutions of Maximinus the Thracian.[2] He was buried in the papal crypt of the cemetery of St. Callixtus in Rome and later made a saint. Anterus, who was pope for only one month and ten days, is thought to have been of Greek origin, but the name could indicate that he was a freed slave.[3]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Marucchi, 2003, p. 48.
  2. ^ Levillain, 2002, p. 557; p. 63.
  3. ^ Levillain, 2002, p. 63.

[edit] References

  • Levillain, Philippe (2002). The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-92228-3
  • Marucchi, Orazio (2003). Manual of Christian Archeology 1935. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0-7661-4247-7


Preceded by
Pontian
Pope
November 21, 235January 3, 236
Succeeded by
Fabian