Pope Saint Eleuterus

Also known as

• Eleuterius
• Eleutherius
• Eleutheros

Memorial

• 26 May

Profile

Son of Habundius. Deacon under Pope Anicetus and Pope Saint Soter. Chosen 13th Pope c.174. Declared opposition to Gnostics and the Montanists. Sent Fugatius and Damjan to convert the Britons. Abolished some Jewish dietary customs for Christians. Martyr.

Born

• at Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece

Papal Ascension

• c.174

Died

• martyred in 189 in Rome, Italy
• buried in the Vatican near Saint Peter the Apostle

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Eleuterus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 April 2012. Web. 20 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-eleuterus/>