The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-09
POPES SINCE ST. PETER
There Have Been 264 Occupants of the Papa
Chair


~, disputed. OF this number 81 are
-a-oted as saints. SO were martyred,
W. have been Romans. 104 natives of
Wv nar,s of Italy, Is Frenchmen. 9
r..a,s Germans. Asiatics. Afri-
,s 2 spaniards, Damatians, He
'..r Thracian. 1 Candiot. / Hol-
'.dar Portuguese, l Englishman and
,rA whose nationality is not recorded.
Hst Of the Popes is as. follows:
"A p.-St. Peter, the first bishop Of
Rome. said to have been cruel
fed. head downward, in Sc.
s-St Linus, said to have been mar
tyred.
(st Linus is frequently called
the immediate successor of ST.
Peter. but Tertullian maintains
that it was St. Clement. In the
first century neither the dates nor
order of succession of bishops can
be fixed with certainty
B-st. Cletus, or Anacletus, said to
have been martyred.
g-St Clement II.
& IOO-st. Evarstus. Martyred: multi
piled churches.
lost. Alexander. Martyred.
1l9-St. Sixtus 1. Martyred.
27-St. Telesphorus. Martyred.
lS9-St Hyginus.
142-St. Plus. Martyred.
list. Anicetus.
l6S-St. Soterus. Martyred under
Marcus Antonius.
177-St Eleutherius.
199-St. Victor ]. Martyred under
Severus.
?O2-St. Zephyrinus.
y a9-St Calixtus. Martyred.
g2-(The chair vacant.)
23-St. Urban I. Beheaded.
gO-St. Pontlanus. Banished by the
Emperor Maxim.
s5-St Anterus. Martyred.
s6-St Fabian. Martyred under De-
cus, $50.
p-(The chair vacant.)
s-St. Cornelius.
E-St. Lucius. Martyred, 252.
5-St. Stephen 1. Martyred in the
persecution of Valerian.
E-St. Sixtus II. Martyred three
days before his disciple, St. Lau-
renee, in the persecution of Vale
rian, 25S.
2I-(The chair vacant)
25-St. Dionysius.
\ 26s-St Felix 1. Died in prison.
n 275-St. Eutychianus.
asst Caius. Relative of the EN-
peror Diocletian.
296-St. Marcellinus.
3OS-St. Aarcellus. Banished from
Rome by the Emperor Maxen-
thus.
\ uo-st. Eusebius. Died the same
year.
a1-St. Niltiades, or Malchiades:
coadjutOr to Eusebius.
Sl4-St. Sylvester. Commencement of
temporal power by gifts of Con-
stantine.
336-St. Marcus. Died the next year
S37-St. julius I. OF great piety and
learning; maintained the cause
of St. Athanasius.
52-Liberius. Banished.
S5-Felix II. Placed in the chair by
Constants during the exile of Lii
berius, on whose return he was
forced to vacate it. The En-
peror would have the two Popes
reign together, but the people
cried out, lone God, one Christ
and one bishop"
@-Liberius adbicated.
R-Felix became Pope
@-Liberius again. Martyred 365.
@-St. Damascus. Opposed the Arr
ans st. Jerome, his secretary,
I'd @-Ursinus. Expelled by Valentin-
ian.
&4-Siricius.
b @S-St. Anastasius.
A2-St. Innocent I. Condemned Pela-
CLANS.
AI-St. Zozimus.
Asst. Boniface 1. Maintained by
the Emperor Hdnordus against
Eulalius.
422-st. Celestine I. Sent missions to
Ireland.
432-sixtus III. Opposed Nestorius
and Eutyches.
44O-St Leo I, the Great.
46l-st Hilary. Rich liberal.
SYST. Simplicius.
SYST Felix III.
iS2-St Gelasius. Fixed the canon of
Scriptures; compelled the mass.
@O-St Anastasius II. Congratulated
Clovis.
SS-Symmachus.
@S-Lanrentius.
EHormisdas. Opposed Eutychians.
0zS-John I. Sent to Constantinople by
L., Theodore; tolerant.
1-@Felix ". Introduced extreme
"a, JUNCTION as a sacrament
ssa.-Boniface II.
eesss ~ L. Called Mercurius
~ Agapetus, Converted Justinian.
'"-St Silverius. The Empress The
odora procured his Punishment
INTO Lycia, where he died of hun
s,- ger and made Vigilius Pope.
r., NIgilus. Banished, but restored.
'0'-Pela gus I. An ecclesiastical re-
b6o-John ITT Great ornamenter Of
a p, churches.
S-lIhe see vacant.)
Benedict I. surnamed Bonosus.
Sq0 FFeiagus II. Died of the plague.
81. Gregory the Great. Revised
'he liturgy; sent Augustin to
M. convert the Anglo-Saxons.
o5aDlnlanus. Said to have intro
es uuced church bells.
~ or 6o7-Boniface ".
W.: I4 Or 6l5-St. Deusdedit.
81. 81. Or 6lS-Boniface v.
Hohorius I. Interested in British |
-, churches.
e0 ne see vacant).
saD-John w
-Theodorus I
Issiis-Nartin l.
4l-Eu-enius Tth.r.1
-Eitalianus. Favored education
g., ~ England.
o.. Adeodatus.
i SD Domnus /. Ornamented churches. |
81 Agathon. Tribute to the EN-
e., peror ceased.
y. Leo II. Instituted holy water;
s., IL, dlaVored music.
ls,~ The see vacant)
Az benedict II.
|6ss- S'nn V. Learned and moderate.
Sergius.
' e VI. Redeemed captives;
an John VII. Moderate.
lnnus Died twenty days after