persecution · 235–238 · Rome
Maximinus Thrax (235–238) struck at the leaders of the churches. Pope Pontian and the theologian Hippolytus were deported to the Sardinian mines, where both died — reconciled, tradition says, in exile. The persecution ended with the emperor.
A soldier-emperor striking at the church's leaders after Severan tolerance.
Pope Pontian and Hippolytus deported to the Sardinian mines, where both died — reconciled in exile, tradition says.