Pope Linus
2nd Pope of the Catholic Church
b. 10 · d. 79
2nd Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 67–79
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 2 · 67 – 79
Pope Linus was the bishop of Rome from c. 68 to his death in 80. He is generally regarded as the second bishop of Rome, after Saint Peter. As with all the early popes, he was canonized.
Related people
- Claudia child of · traditional
- Saint Peter succeeded · traditional
- Anacletus preceded · traditional
Commemorated
Places
- Tuscany birth
- St. Peter's Basilica burial
- Rome ministry
How we know
Carried by the tradition of the church.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 3.2
- Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Pope Linus
- Le Liber pontificalis: texte, introduction et commentaire 1 claim — Liber pontificalis I, commentary on the early lives
Glosses
- The years before the list Every early bishop of Rome on this site carries a span - Linus 67 to 79, Anacletus 79 to 92 - and those numbers are younger than the men. The Liber Pontificalis gives each of them a reign to the day, so many years, so…
- Who followed Peter at Rome The earliest list is Irenaeus, writing about 180 and quoted by Eusebius: Linus first after the apostles, then Anencletus, then Clement. Later Western tradition splits Anencletus into two men, Cletus and Anacletus, and…