Pope St. Linus

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• Pope St. Linus —     Pope St. Linus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Linus     (Reigned about A.D. 64 or 67 to 76 or 79).     All the ancient records of the Roman bishops which have been handed down to us by St. Irenaeus, Julius Africanus, St. Hippolytus,… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Linus — Infobox Pope|English name=St. Linus birth name=Linus term start=circa 67 term end=circa 79 predecessor=Peter successor=Anacletus birth date=Unknown birthplace=Unknown death date=circa 79 deathplace=Rome, Italy venerated in=Anglicanism Eastern… …   Wikipedia

• Pope St. Clement I —     Pope St. Clement I     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Clement I     Pope Clement I (called CLEMENS ROMANUS to distinguish him from the Alexandrian), is the first of the successors of St. Peter of whom anything definite is known, and he is …   Catholic encyclopedia

• pope —     The Pope     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope     (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633).     The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Linus — may refer to:As a name: *Linus Torvalds, a programmer, the creator of the Linux kernel *Pope Linus, the second Pope of the Catholic Church. *Linus B. Comins, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts in 1857 59 *Linus… …   Wikipedia

• Pope St. Cletus —     Pope St. Cletus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Cletus     This name is only another form for Anacletus, the second successor of St. Peter. It is true that the Liberian Catalogue, a fourth century list of popes, so called because it… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope St. Anacletus —     Pope St. Anacletus     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Anacletus     The second successor of St. Peter. Whether he was the same as Cletus, who is also called Anencletus as well as Anacletus, has been the subject of endless discussion.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Linus, Saint — ▪ pope born , Tuscany? died AD 76/79, ; feast day September 23       pope from about 67 to 76 or 79, who may have been the immediate successor to St. Peter. St. Irenaeus identifies him with the Linus in 2 Timothy 4:21 and writes that “the blessed …   Universalium

• Linus — m Latin form of the Greek name Linos, which is of uncertain origin. In Greek mythology, Linus is both a famous musician who taught music to Hercules and an infant son of Apollo who had been exposed to die on a mountainside in Argos. The name may… …   First names dictionary

• Linus, Pope Saint — • Reigned about A.D. 64 or 67 to 76 or 79 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006 …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Anacletus — Saint Anacletus Papacy began circa 79 Papacy ended circa 92 Predecessor Linus Successor …   Wikipedia