Pope Pius I

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Pius I
Birth name	Pius
Papacy began	140?
Papacy ended	154?
Predecessor	Hyginus
Successor	Anicetus
Born	??? Aquileia, Italy
Died	154? Rome, Italy
Other popes named Pius

Styles of Pope Pius I
Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	Saint

Pope Saint Pius I was pope, according to the Annuario Pontificio, from 142 or 146 to 157 or 161.^[1] Others suggest that his pontificate was perhaps from 140 to 154.

He is believed to have been born at Aquileia, in northern Italy, his father being one "Rufinus," who is said also to be of Aquileia according to the Liber Pontificalis.^[2] He is said to have built one of the oldest churches in Rome, Santa Pudenziana. Some conjecture that he was a martyr in Rome, a conjecture that entered earlier editions of the Breviary. The study that produced the 1969 revision of the Roman Catholic calendar of saints states that there are no grounds for considering him to be a martyr,^[3] and he is not presented as such in the Roman Martyrology.^[4]

It is stated in the 2nd century Muratorian Canon,^[5] and in the Liberian Catalogue,^[6] that he was the brother of Hermas, author of the text The Shepherd of Hermas. The writer of the later text identifies himself as a former slave. This has led to speculation that both Hermas and Pius were freedmen.

His feast day is 11 July.

[edit] References

1. ^ Annuario Pontificio (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2008 ISBN 978-88-209-8021-4), P. 8*
2. ^ Ed. Duchesne, I, 132.
3. ^ Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 129
4. ^ Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)
5. ^ Ed. Preuschen, Analecta, 1, Tubingen, 1910.
6. ^ Ed. Duchesne, Liber Pontificalis, I, 5.

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Hyginus	Bishop of Rome Pope 140–154	Succeeded by Anicetus

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