Pope Linus - wikipedia Pope Linus Pope Saint Linus Papacy began c. AD 67 Papacy ended c. AD 76 Predecessor Peter Successor Anacletus Orders Ordination by Saint Paul Personal details ca. AD 10 Volterra, Tuscany, Italy, Roman Empire c. AD 76 Rome, Italy, Roman Empire Sainthood Feast day 23 September Venerated in Anglicanism Lutheranism Catholicism Linus ( / ˈlaɪnəs / ( listen ) ; died c. AD 76 ) was, according to several early sources, the second Bishop of Rome, and is listed by the Catholic Church as the second pope. His papacy lasted from c. AD 67 to his death. According to other early sources, Pope Clement I was the second pope ; according to the Catholic Church 's Annuario Pontificio, however, Clement I was the fourth pope. Among those believed by the Catholic Church to have held the position of pope, only Peter, Linus and Clement are specifically mentioned in the New Testament. Linus is mentioned in the closing greeting of the Second Epistle to Timothy as being with Paul in Rome near the end of Paul 's life. Contents 1 Early Bishops of Rome 2 Life 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External links Early bishops of Rome The earliest witness to Linus 's status as bishop was Irenaeus, who in about the year 180 wrote, `` The blessed apostles, then, having founded and built up the Church, committed into the hands of Linus the office of the episcopate. '' The Oxford Dictionary of Popes interprets Irenaeus as classifying Linus as the first bishop of Rome. Linus is presented by Jerome as `` the first after Peter to be in charge of the Roman Church '' and by Eusebius as `` the first to receive the episcopate of the church at Rome, after the martyrdom of Paul and Peter ''. John Chrysostom wrote, `` This Linus, some say, was second Bishop of the Church of Rome after Peter '', while the Liberian Catalogue presents Peter as the first Bishop of Rome and Linus as his successor in the same office. The Liber Pontificalis also presents a list that makes Linus the second in the line of bishops of Rome, after Peter, while also stating that Peter consecrated two bishops, Linus and Anacletus, for the priestly service of the community, devoting himself instead to prayer and preaching, and that it was to Clement that he entrusted the Church as a whole, appointing him as his successor. Tertullian too wrote of Clement as the successor of Peter. Jerome classified Clement as `` the fourth bishop of Rome after Peter '' ( i.e., fourth in a series that included Peter ), adding that, `` most of the Latins think that Clement was second after the apostle. '' The Apostolic Constitutions denote that Linus, who was consecrated by Paul, was the first bishop of Rome and was succeeded by Clement, who was ordained and consecrated by Peter. Cletus is considered Linus 's successor by Irenaeus, and the others cited above, who present Linus either as the first bishop of Rome or, if they give Peter as the first, as the second. Life The Liberian Catalogue and the Liber Pontificalis date Linus 's episcopate to 56 -- 67, during the reign of Nero, but Jerome dates it to 67 -- 78, and Eusebius puts the end of his episcopate at the second year of the reign of Titus ( 80 ). Linus is mentioned in the closing greeting of the Second Epistle to Timothy. In that epistle, Linus is noted as being with Paul in Rome near the end of Paul 's life. Irenæus stated that this is the same Linus who became Bishop of Rome, a view that is generally still accepted. According to the Liber Pontificalis, Linus was an Italian born in Volterra in the Tuscany region. His father 's name was recorded as Herculanus. The Apostolic Constitutions name his mother as Claudia ( immediately after the name `` Linus '' in 2 Timothy 4 : 21 a Claudia is mentioned, but the Apostolic Constitutions does not explicitly identify that Claudia was Linus 's mother ). According to Liber Pontificalis, Linus issued a decree that women should cover their heads in church, created the first fifteen bishops, and that he died a martyr and was buried on the Vatican Hill next to Peter. It gives the date of his death as 23 September, the date on which his feast is still celebrated. His name is included in the Roman Canon of the Mass. Patrobulus, Hermas, Linus, Caius, Philologus of 70 disciples ( Menologion of Basil II ) With respect to Linus 's supposed decree requiring women to cover their heads, J.P. Kirsch commented in the Catholic Encyclopedia : `` Without doubt this decree is apocryphal, and copied by the author of the Liber Pontificalis from the first Epistle of St. Paul to the Corinthians ( 11 : 5 ) and arbitrarily attributed to the first successor of the Apostle in Rome. The statement made in the same source, that Linus suffered martyrdom, can not be proved and is improbable. For between Nero and Domitian there is no mention of any persecution of the Roman Church ; and Irenaeus ( 1. c., III, iv, 3 ) from among the early Roman bishops designates only Telesphorus as a glorious martyr. '' The Roman Martyrology does not list Linus as a martyr. The entry about him is as follows : `` At Rome, commemoration of Saint Linus, Pope, who, according to Irenaeus, was the person to whom the blessed Apostles entrusted the episcopal care of the Church founded in the City, and whom blessed Paul the Apostle mentions as associated with him. '' A tomb found in St. Peter 's Basilica in 1615 by Torrigio was inscribed with the letters LINVS, and was once taken to be Linus 's tomb. However a note by Torrigio shows that these were merely the last five letters of a longer name ( e.g. Aquilinus or Anullinus ). A letter on the martyrdom of Peter and Paul was once attributed to him, but in fact dates to the 6th century. See also Biography portal Christianity portal History portal List of Catholic saints List of popes Papal selection before 1059 References ^ Jump up to : Kirsch, Johann Peter ( 1910 ). `` Pope St. Linus '' in The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 9. New York : Robert Appleton Company. Jump up ^ Against Heresies 3 : 3.3 Jump up ^ J.N.D. Kelly, Oxford Dictionary of Popes, 2005 Jump up ^ `` Post Petrum primus Ecclesiam Romanam tenuit Linus '' - Chronicon ; 14g ( p. 267 ) Jump up ^ Church History 3.2 Jump up ^ `` CHURCH FATHERS : Homily 10 on Second Timothy ( Chrysostom ) ''. Jump up ^ The Chronography of 354 AD Part 13 : Bishops of Rome Jump up ^ Liber Pontificalis 2 Jump up ^ `` CHURCH FATHERS : The Prescription Against Heretics ( Tertullian ) ''. Jump up ^ `` CHURCH FATHERS : De Viris Illustribus ( Jerome ) ''. Jump up ^ Apostolic Constitutions 7.4 Jump up ^ 2 Timothy 4 : 21 ^ Jump up to : Martyrologium Romanum ( Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 ISBN 88 - 209 - 7210 - 7 ) Further reading Louise Ropes Loomis, The Book of Popes ( Liber Pontificalis ). Merchantville, NJ : Evolution Publishing. ISBN 1 - 889758 - 86 - 8 ( Reprint of the 1916 edition. Stops with Pope Pelagius, 579 -- 590. English translation with scholarly footnotes, and illustrations ). I SOMMI PONTEFICI ROMANI : The Roman Pontiffs External links Herbermann, Charles, ed. ( 1913 ). `` Pope St. Linus ''. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York : Robert Appleton Company. 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Question: who was the second pope of the catholic church
Answer: Linus