Talk:Pope Eleutherius

message: The contributor who added the reference to the Simpsons episode is mistaken.  There is indeed a "St. Eleutherius of Nicomedia" unrelated to Pope Eleuterus, but information on him is scarce -- and non-existant in Wikipedia.  The humor in the episode comes from his being such a little known saint.  I understand the contributor's excitement to link up the Simpsons reference, which is exactly what led me to hours of research today.  However, I am removing this section because it is incorrect.
The real "St. Eleutherius of Nicomedia" was martyred in the year 303, and his feast day is October 2nd.  (cf. Pope Eleuterus, d. 189, feast May 26). Eleutherius of Nicomedia was martyred at the height of the Diocletian Persecution.  He was a soldier in Emperor Diocletian's army accused of setting fire to the emperor’s palace and was burned to death after being tortured with companions.
References:
St. Eleutherius - Catholic Online
October 2 -- today's saints (scroll down to find the following text:
"St. Eleutherius and companions, of Nicomedia (from Asia Minor [Turkish], soldier, martyred c. 303)"
Any other information (especially on Wikipedia) about St. Eleutherius of Nicomedia is appreciated.-- Thisis0 (talk) 23:51, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Simpsons reference 

message: Why call him Pope if as stated in the article "Pope" the term was not used until later?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Lifeformnoho (talk • contribs) 22:21, 27 September 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Because he was the bishop of Rome and we speak modern English, not 2nd-century Latin or Greek. — LlywelynII 13:50, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pope? 

message: A lot of the discussion about the reality or not of King Lucius belongs in the 'Lucius of Britain' article rather than here. John O'London (talk) 10:21, 6 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: As above, it needed to be reined in but is the most notable thing about the guy's pontificate. — LlywelynII 13:52, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  King Lucius 

message: Per Knight (p. 14), Loomis's translation of pope's entry in The Book of the Popes:
:Eleuther, by nationality a Greek, son of Habundius, from the town of Nicopolis, occupied the see 15 years, 3 months[,] and 2 days. He was bishop in the time of Antoninus and Commodus until the year when Paternus and Bradua were consuls.
:He received a letter from Lucius, King of [the Britons], asking him to appoint a way by which Lucius might become a Christian.
:He also decreed [no food] should be rejected especially by the Christian faithful, inasmuch as God created it; provided, however, it were rational food [sic] and fit for human kind.
:He held 3 ordinations in the month of December, 12 priests, 8 deacons, 15 bishops in divers places.
:He also was buried near the body of the blessed Peter in the Batican, May 24.
:And the bishopric was empty 15 days.
with a few obvious errors emended in brackets, since Knight claims she used the Brittaniorum rege MS for that section. He notes her use of an alternate MS for the food passage, causing her text to read "He also confirmed again the decree that no kind of food in common use should be..." We can't use it word for word but we should find ways to include the information itself in the article, as well as making a note of any obvious errors or oddities (as with the Lucius episode). — LlywelynII 15:00, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Eleutherius, a Greek by birth, and son of Habundius, of the town of Nicopolis, enjoyed the See 15 years, 6 months, and 5 days; it was in the time of Antoninus, and Commodus, and until that of Paternus, and Bradua. He received a letter from Lucius, King of Britain, requesting that by his means he might be made a Christian. He ordained that no poor cottagers, especially those who embraced the Christian faith, should be despised by Christians, because they were created by God, and moreover were rational creatures. He held three ordinations in the month of December, and ordained 12 Presbyters or Priests, 8 Deacons, and 15 Bishops in divers places, and was buried near the body of St. Peter, within the Vatican, on the 25th day of May; and hte See remained vacant 15 days.
Rees's 1840 translation. — LlywelynII 21:23, 1 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Liber entry