Pope Anterus

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Anterus
Birth name	Anterus
Papacy began	November 21, 235
Papacy ended	January 3, 236
Predecessor	Pontian
Successor	Fabian
Born	??? ???
Died	January 3, 236 Rome, Italy

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

Pope Saint Anterus, was pope from November 21, 235 to January 3, 236, and succeeded Pope Pontian, who had been deported from Rome along with the antipope Hippolytus to Sardinia.

It is claimed he was martyred,^[1] but there is little evidence for this and it is more likely that he died in undramatic circumstances during the persecutions of Emperor Maximinus the Thracian.^[2] He was buried in the papal crypt of the cemetery of St. Callixtus in Rome and later made a saint.^[3] Anterus, who was pope for only one month and ten days, is thought to have been of Greek origin, but the name could indicate that he was a freed slave.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ Marucchi, Orazio (2003). Manual of Christian Archeology 1935. Kessinger Publishing. ISBN 0-7661-4247-7 p. 48.
2. ^ Levillain, Philippe (2002). The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. London: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-92228-3; p. 557; p. 63.
3. ^ "Pope St. Anterus" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
4. ^ Levillain, 2002, p. 63.

Roman Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Pontian	Bishop of Rome Pope November 21, 235– January 3, 236	Succeeded by Fabian

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