Pope Saint Lucius I
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- Memorial
- 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 233
- Died
- 5 March 254 at Rome, Italy of natural causes;
buried at Saint Callistus catacomb;
relics transferred to the church of Saint Cecilia in Rome
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Copenhagen, Denmark
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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