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

Popec. 166–175

Who

Wrote to the church of Corinth, where his letter was still read on the Lord's day with Clement's (Dionysius of Corinth in Eusebius IV.23).

Sources

Irenaeus, Against Heresies III.3.3
Eusebius, Church History III–V
Liber Pontificalis
Annuario Pontificio

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In the succession →

See of Rome, c. 166–175.

Succeeded: Pope Anicetusc. 155–166
See of Rome, c. 166–175
Succeeded by: Pope Eleutheriusc. 175–189
See of Rome, c. 175–189

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