Pope Saint Zephyrinus
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- Memorial
- formerly 26 August;
cultus suppressed in 1969
- Profile
- Pope from 198-217.
More of a manager of the Church than a learned theologian.
Pontificate characterized by arguments and schism over the nature of Christ as God.
No historically verifiable decrees remain.
- Papal Ascension
- 198
- Died
- 20 December 247;
buried in a sepulchral chamber over the cemetery of Calistus on the Via Appia
- Additional Information
- Catholic Encyclopedia
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