Head of the Catholic Church from 235 to 236
Pope Anterus (Latin :Anterus ,[ 3] Classical Greek :Ανθηρός ,romanized :Antheros )[ 4] bishop of Rome from 21 November 235 until his death on 3 January 236.[ 5]
Anterus was the son of Romulus, born inPetilia Policastro ,[ 1] Calabria ,Italy . He is thought to have been ofGreek origin,[ 6] freed slave .[ 7] Pope Pontian , who had been deported fromRome toSardinia , along with theantipope Hippolytus . He created onebishop , for the city ofFondi .[ 6]
Some scholars believe Anterus wasmartyred ,[ 6] [ 8] Pope Clement I .[ 6] [ 9] Maximinus the Thracian .[ 7]
He was buried in the papal crypt of theCatacomb of Callixtus , on theAppian Way [ 6] Rome . The site of hissepulchre was discovered byGiovanni Battista de Rossi in 1854, with some broken remnants of theGreek epitaph engraved on the narrow oblong slab that closed his tomb;[ 9] bishop was legible.[ 8] Church of Saint Sylvester in theCampus Martius [ 6] Pope Clement VIII rebuilt that church.[ 6]
Pope Anterus is remembered in the Catholic Church on3 January [ 10] Russian Orthodox Church on18 August .[ 11]
^a b Pope Saint Antherus » Saints.SQPN.com ^ "Священномученик Анфи́р Римский, папа Римский" .azbyka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved2021-06-22 .^ "0235-0236- Anterus, Sanctus\ - Operum Omnium Conspectus seu 'Index of available Writings' .www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu . Retrieved2021-06-22 .^ T, Giorgis (10 October 2017)."Ποιοι ήταν οι Έλληνες Πάπες της Ρώμης;" .ΧΩΡΑ ΤΟΥ ΑΧΩΡΗΤΟΥ (in Greek). Retrieved2021-06-22 . ^ Shahan, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anterus" inThe Catholic Encyclopedia . Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company. ^a b c d e f g de Montor, Artaud (1911).The Lives and Times of the Popes: Including the Complete Gallery of Portraits of the Pontiffs Reproduced from Effigies Pontificum Romanorum Dominici Basae : Being a Series of Volumes Giving the History of the World During the Christian Era 49– 50.OCLC 7533337 . ^a b Levillain, Philippe; O'Malley, John W. (2002).The Papacy: An Encyclopedia Routledge . pp. 63 , 557.ISBN 978-0-415-92230-2 ^a b Marucchi, Orazio (2003).Manual of Christian Archeology 1935 . Vecchierello, Hubert (translator).Kessinger Publishing . p. 48.ISBN 978-0-7661-4247-3 ^a b Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913)."Pope St. Anterus" Catholic Encyclopedia ^ "Anteros" .DEON.pl (in Polish). Retrieved2021-06-22 .^ "Священномученик Анфи́р Римский, папа Римский" .azbyka.ru (in Russian). Retrieved2021-06-22 .
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