Pope Innocent I

Memorial

• formerly 28 June
• removed from calendar and cultus suppressed in 1969

Profile

Friend of Saint John Chrysostom. 40th pope. Brought several churches back from the Novatian heresy to orthodoxy. Helped Emperor Honorius oppose the Montanists. Settled the Arian schism at Antioch. Condemned the teachings of Pelagius, and opposed Pelagianism. Opposed Priscillianism. Reigned during the sack of Rome by Alaric the Goth in 410. Maintained the supremacy of the bishop of Rome.

Born

• at Albano, Italy

Papal Ascension

• 402

Died

• 12 March 417 at Rome, Italy of natural causes

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

Images

• Gallery of images of Pope Innocent I

MLA Citation

• “Pope Innocent I”. Saints.SQPN.com. 24 July 2012. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-innocent-i/>