Stephen I

Pope and Bishop of Rome from 254 to 257

b. 3rd century · d. 2 Aug 257

23rd Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 12 May 254–2 Aug 257

Offices

Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 23 · 12 May 254 – 2 Aug 257

Pope Stephen I was the Bishop of Rome from 12 May 254 to his death on 2 August 257. He was later canonized as a saint and some accounts say he was killed while celebrating Mass.

Related people

Lucius I succeeded · traditional
Sixtus II preceded · traditional

Events

Cyprian and Stephen quarrel over rebaptism 256

Commemorated

Stephen I

Places

Hvar Cathedral burial
Rome ministry

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

Chronograph of 354 (the Calendar of Filocalus) 1 claim — Liberian Catalogue (part 13)
Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 7.2
Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Stephen I
Patrology 1 claim — Cyprian and Stephen quarrel over rebaptism

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