Pope Saint Eutychian

Also known as

• Eutychianus

Memorial

• 8 December

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

• 4 January 275

Died

• 7 December 283

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

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/>