Pope Anterus
Pope and Bishop of Rome from 235 to 236
Pope Anterus (November 21, 235-January 3, 236 C.E.) was the nineteenth Pope, (the official title is the Bishop of Rome) of the Catholic Church.
He served less than two months and died a natural death. He was buried in the cemetery of Callistus on the Appian Way.[1]
He is considered a Saint by the Catholic Church and his feast day is celebrated of January.[2]
References
change- ↑ Catholic Encyclopedia, (NY:Robert Appleton Company)
- ↑ Richard P. McBrien, Lives of the Popes: The Pontiffs from St. Peter to John Paul II, (San Francisco:Harper San Francisco, 1997), p. 46