Pope Saint Lucius I

Also known as

• Loukis

Memorial

• 5 March
• formerly 4 March

Profile

Chosen 22nd pope. Noted for his ascetic lifestyle, even while on the throne. Forbade men and women not related by blood to live together. Decreed that clergy should not live with deaconesses even if given lodging for reasons of charity. Exiled briefly during the persecution of Emperor Gallus. Condemned the Novatian heresy.

Born

• Rome, Italy

Papal Ascension

• 25 June 253

Died

• 5 March 254 at Rome, Italy of natural causes
• buried at Saint Callistus catacomb
• relics transferred to the church of Saint Cecilia in Trastevere, Rome in 821
• some relics transferred to Roskilde, Denmark c.1100
• his head placed in a reliquary bust in the Saint Ansgar cathedral at Roskilde in 1910

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Patronage

• Copenhagen, Denmark

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Encyclopedia
• Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• Medieval Religion Listserv, by John Dillon
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Lucius I“. Saints.SQPN.com. 5 March 2013. Web. 19 May 2013. <>