Pope Linus

Pope Linus ( ; Greek: Λῖνος, Linos; died c. 80) was the bishop of Rome from c. 68 to his death in 80. He is generally regarded as the second bishop of Rome, after Saint Peter. As with all the early popes, he was canonized. According to Irenaeus, Linus is the same person as the one mentioned in the New Testament. Linus is mentioned in the valediction of the Second Epistle to Timothy (2 Timothy 4:21) as being with Paul the Apostle in Rome near the end of Paul's life.

Infobox

Church

Early Church

Papacy began

c. 68

Papacy ended

c. 80

Predecessor

Peter

Successor

Anacletus

Ordination

c. 67by Paul the Apostle

Born

c. 10Volterra, Italy, Roman Empire

Died

c. 80Rome, Italy, Roman Empire

Buried

possibly Vatican Hill

Parents

Herculanus

Feast day

23 September

Venerated in

All Christian denominations that venerate saints

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Attributes

Papal vestments and pallium

Patronage

Patronage list

Tables

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Preceded byPeter

Catholic Church titles

Preceded byPeter

Catholic Church titles

Bishop of Rome 67/68–79/80

Catholic Church titles

Succeeded byAnacletus

Catholic Church titles
Preceded byPeter	Bishop of Rome 67/68–79/80	Succeeded byAnacletus

References

Catholic Encyclopedia
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09272b.htm
Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 3: 3.3
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103303.htm
J. N. D. Kelly, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, 2005, pp. 6–7.
"Post Petrum primus Ecclesiam Romanam tenuit Linus" (Chronicon, 14g (p. 267))
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_chronicle_06_latin_part2.htm
Church History, 3.2
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201/Page_133.html
"Church Fathers: Homily 10 on Second Timothy (Chrysostom)"
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/230710.htm
The Chronography of 354 AD, Part 13: Bishops of Rome
http://www.tertullian.org/fathers/chronography_of_354_13_bishops_of_rome.htm
Liber Pontificalis, 2
http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/liberpontificalis1.html
"CHURCH FATHERS: The Prescription Against Heretics (Tertullian)"
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0311.htm
De Viris Illustribus
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2708.htm
Apostolic Constitutions, 7.4
http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf07.ix.viii.iv.html
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, book VIII, chapter 34, note 3. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers edition, 1890. See also
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.viii.xxxiv.html
Studies in Eusebian and Post-Eusebian Chronography
https://books.google.com/books?id=9R_CGC9wL9MC&pg=PA28
Jerome, Chronicon, AD 80, 2nd year of Titus (Oct. 79–Oct. 80): "Cletus (also called Anencletus) is appointed second bish
https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/jerome_chronicle_03_part2.htm
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, VIII, 13. "After Vespasian had reigned ten years Titus, his son, succeeded him. In the
https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf201.iii.viii.xiii.html
The Liberian Catalogue gives him a tenure of 12 years, while the Liber Pontificalis gives him 11 years. Both date it bet
https://www.tertullian.org/fathers/chronography_of_354_13_bishops_of_rome.htm
Loomis 2006, p. 4, note 3. "Our author gives two incompatible traditions, the first that Peter did not come to Rome befo
2 Timothy 4:21
https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=2%20Timothy%204:21&version=nrsv
Loomis 2006, p. 6.
Martyrologium Romanum (Typis Vaticanis, 2004, p. 532).