Pope Cornelius

Giovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754 · Public domainGiovanni Paolo Panini, Interior of St. Peter's, Rome, c. 1754

Pope251–253

Who

Elected after a year's vacancy under Decius; opposed by Novatian over the readmission of the lapsed, and supported by Cyprian of Carthage, whose letters to him survive. Died in exile at Centumcellae.

Sources

Eusebius, Church History
Liber Pontificalis
Annuario Pontificio

Lineage

In the succession →

See of Rome, 251–253.

Succeeded: Pope Fabian236–250
See of Rome, 251–253
Succeeded by: Pope Lucius I253–254
See of Rome, 253–254

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