![[Pope Lucius I]](saintl83.jpg "??kb jpg detail of a portrait of Pope Saint Lucius I, date unknown, artist unknown; please do not write to ask about the image")
Reigned from 253 to 254.
Born in Rome, Italy; died there.
Soon after his consecration he was exiled during the persecution of the Emperor Gallus.
He returned shortly, probably upon the accession of Valerian.
Feast, Roman Calendar, 4 March.
New Catholic Dictionary
