Papa Telesphorus alikuwa Papa kuanzia takriban 127/128 hadi kifo chake takriban 137/138. Alikuwa na asili ya Ugiriki. Alimfuata Papa Sixtus I akafuatwa na Papa Hyginus. Tangu kale anaheshimiwa kama mtakatifu. Sikukuu yake ni tarehe 2 Januari. Watakatifu wa Agano la Kale Orodha ya Watakatifu Wakristo Orodha ya Watakatifu wa Afrika Orodha ya Watakatifu Wafransisko Orodha ya Mapapa Mababu wa Kanisa [1] (kutoka Documenta Catholica Omnia, kwa Kilatini) https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en/holy-father.index.html#holy-father SAINT TELESPHORUS (119-127). SAINT HYGINUS (127-139). SAINT PIUS I (139-142) Archived 2 Aprili 2014 at the Wayback Machine The Pope Podcast: Pope Telesphorus Archived 1 Agosti 2013 at the Wayback Machine The Liber Pontificalis mentions that he had been an anchorite (or hermit) monk prior to assuming office. According to the testimony of Irenæus (Against Heresies III.3.3), he suffered a "glorious" martyrdom. Although most early popes are called martyrs by sources such as the Liber Pontificalis, Telesphorus is the first to whom Irenaeus, writing considerably earlier, gives this title.