Pope Telesphorus

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

Popec. 125–136

Who

The only second-century pope whom Irenaeus calls a martyr (Against Heresies III.3.3).

Sources

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

Lineage

In the succession →

See of Rome, c. 125–136.

Succeeded: Pope Sixtus Ic. 115–125
See of Rome, c. 125–136
Succeeded by: Pope Hyginusc. 136–140
See of Rome, c. 136–140

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