Pope Saint Adeodatus I
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Also known as
- Deusdedit
Profile
Son of Stephen, a subdeacon. Pope. Supported the clergy who were being repressed by the politics of the day, trying to work their vocations during rebellions in Ravenna and Naples in Italy. Worked among victims of leprosy and an earthquake in his diocese. Said to have been the first to use bullae or lead seals for pontifical documents; hence the term Papal Bull. Many old Benedictine documents describe him as a Benedictine monk, but there is no outside evidence of it, and Deusdedit was known for his support of and dependance on the secular clergy.
Born
Papal Ascension
Additional Information
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Catholic Encyclopedia, by Leo A Kelly
- Catholic Online
- Christ’s Faithful People
- For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
- Google Directory
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Pope Saint Adeodatus I”. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-adeodatus-i/>
