Callixtus I
Bishop of Rome from c. 218 to c. 223
d. 18 Sep 222
16th Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 218–222
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 16 · 218 – 222
Pope Callixtus I, also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223. He lived during the reigns of the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. Eusebius and the Liberian catalogue list his episcopate as having lasted five years (217–222). In 217, when Callixtus followed Zephyrinus as Bishop of Rome, he started to admit into the Church converts from sects or schisms. He was killed for being Christian and is venerated as a saint and martyr by the Catholic Church.
Related people
- Zephyrinus succeeded · traditional
- Urban I preceded · traditional
Events
Commemorated
Places
- Santa Maria in Trastevere burial
- Rome ministry
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Liber Pontificalis 2 claims — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Callixtus I; The Roman schism of Hippolytus begins
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 6.21