Pope Hyginus

Pope Saint

Hyginus
Pope Saint; Hyginus
Bishop of Rome
	Statue of Pope Hyginus in St. Peter's Basilica
Church	Catholic Church
Papacy began	c. 136
Papacy ended	c. 142
Predecessor	Telesphorus
Successor	Pius I
Personal details
Born	Hyginus; Athens, Achaia (Greece), Roman Empire
Died	142; Rome, Italy, Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day	11 January

Pope Hyginus (Greek: Υγίνος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 138 to his death in c. 142.^[1]^[2] Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.

Hyginus instituted godparents at baptism to assist the baptised during their Christian life. He also decreed that all churches be consecrated. He is said to have died a martyr, though no records verify this. The chronology of the early bishops of Rome cannot be determined with any degree of exactitude today.^[3]^[4]

^ The chronology of these Popes cannot be determined with any degree of exactitude by the help of the extant sources. (Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope St. Hyginus) According to Eusebius (Church History, IV, xv.) Hyginus succeeded Telesphorus during the first year of the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, i.e. in 138 or 139. Eusebius (Church History, IV, xvi) states that Hyginus's pontificate lasted four years.
^ popes of Rome: from the earliest times to Pius ix, A.D. 1870
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[1] The chronology of these Popes cannot be determined with any degree of exactitude by the help of the extant sources. (Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope St. Hyginus) According to Eusebius (Church History, IV, xv.) Hyginus succeeded Telesphorus during the first year of the reign of Emperor Antoninus Pius, i.e. in 138 or 139. Eusebius (Church History, IV, xvi) states that Hyginus's pontificate lasted four years.

[2] s of Rome: from the earliest times to Pius ix, A.D. 1870

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[4] The Object, Importance, and Antiquity of the Rite of Consecration of Churches. ... With ... Notes; and an Appendix, Containing the Consecration Services of Bishop Andrews and of Archbishop Laud, and the Forms of Consecration Adopted by the Convocation of 1712 and 1715, Etc

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