Pope Callixtus I
Head of the Catholic Church from c. 218 to c. 223 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pope Callixtus I (Greek: Κάλλιστος), also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223.[3] He lived during the reigns of the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. Eusebius and the Liberian catalogue list his episcopate as having lasted five years (217–222). In 217, when Callixtus followed Zephyrinus as Bishop of Rome, he started to admit into the Church converts from sects or schisms. He was killed for being Christian and is venerated as a saint by the Catholic Church (the patron saint of cemetery workers).
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Callixtus I | |
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Bishop of Rome | |
Church | Early Church |
Papacy began | c. 218 |
Papacy ended | c. 222 |
Predecessor | Zephyrinus |
Successor | Urban I |
Orders | |
Ordination | 199, as deacon by Zephyrinus |
Personal details | |
Died | 222 Rome[1] |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 14 October |
Patronage | Cemetery workers[2] |
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