Lucius I
Pope and bishop of Rome from 253 to 254
b. 2nd century · d. 5 Mar 254
22nd Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 25 Jun 253–5 Mar 254
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 22 · 25 Jun 253 – 5 Mar 254
Pope Lucius I was the bishop of Rome from 25 June 253 to his death on 5 March 254. He was banished soon after his consecration, but gained permission to return. He was mistakenly classified as a martyr in the persecution by Emperor Valerian, which did not begin until after Lucius' death.
Related people
Commemorated
Places
- Rome ministry
- Catacomb of Callixtus burial
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Chronograph of 354 (the Calendar of Filocalus) 1 claim — Depositio Episcoporum (part 11); Liberian Catalogue (part 13)
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 7.2
- Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Lucius I