Nov 252009
![20kb jpg portrait of Pope Eutychian, date unknown, artist unknown [Pope Saint Eutychian]](http://saints.sqpn.com/sainte3i.jpg)
Also known as
- Eutychianus
Profile
He was the 27th pope, but very little known known about him. Legend says he buried 324 martyrs with his own hands, but he reigned in a quiet period of no state persecution, so this is questionable. Another legend credits him with developing the blessings of fields and crops, but this came later. Some documents call him a martyr, but there are no contemporary records to back it up.
Born
- Etruria or Tuscany (both in modern Italy)
Papal Ascension
Died
Additional Information
- New Catholic Dictionary
- Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
- Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
MLA Citation
- “Pope Saint Eutychian”. Saints.SQPN.com. 25 November 2009. Web. {today’s date}. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-eutychian/>