Pope Julius I

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

Pope337–352

Who

Defender of Athanasius, whom he received at Rome and vindicated at a synod in 341; his letter to the Eusebians (in Athanasius, Apology against the Arians) asserts the Roman see's right to be heard in the case of Alexandria.

Sources

Annuario Pontificio

Lineage

In the succession →

See of Rome, 337–352.

Succeeded: Pope Mark336
See of Rome, 337–352
Succeeded by: Pope Liberius352–366
See of Rome, 352–366

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