Pope Saint Hyginus

Also known as

• Hygin
• Igino

Memorial

• 11 January

Profile

Pope during a period of relative peace with no official persecutions of the early Church, but was forced to deal with with a series of heretic sects and preachers regularly popping up.

Born

• Athens, Greece

Papal Ascension

• c.138

Died

• 142 in Rome, Italy
• often listed as a martyr since so many of the early popes were, but there is no evidence of it for Hyginus
• buried on Vatican Hill near the tomb of Saint Peter the Apostle

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Abbé Stéphane Ansart
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Catholic Online
• Catholic Online
• Heiligen 3s
• Katherine Rabenstein
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Roman Martyrology
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Hyginus“. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 January 2013. Web. 20 June 2013. <>