Pope Eleuterus
Pope Eleuterus (??? − 189) was thirteenth Pope, the official title is the Bishop of Rome of the Catholic Church from c. 174 to his death in 189. He was born in Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece.[1]
Pope Saint Eleuterus | |
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| Papacy began | c. 174 |
| Papacy ended | 189 |
| Predecessor | Soter |
| Successor | Victor I |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Eleuterus or Eleutherius |
| Born | ??? Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece |
| Died | 189 Rome, Roman Empire |
In Liber Pontificalis, it says that they ascribe a decree to Pope Eleutherius that no kind of food should be despised by Christians(Et hoc iterum firmavit ut nulla esca a Christianis repudiaretur, maxime fidelibus, quod Deus creavit, quæ tamen rationalis et humana est).[2]
References
- Butler, Alban; Attwater, Donald; Thurston, Herbert. Butler's Lives of the Saints (Volume 2).
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Saint Peter. The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis). p. 6.
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| Preceded by Soter |
Pope 175–189 |
Succeeded by Victor I |
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