Telesphorus
Bishop of Rome from c. 126 to c. 137
d. 130s
8th Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 120s–130s
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 8 · 120s – 130s
Pope Telesphorus was the bishop of Rome from c. 126 to his death c. 137, during the reigns of Roman Emperors Hadrian and Antoninus Pius.
Related people
Commemorated
Places
- St. Peter's Basilica burial
- Rome ministry
- Terranova da Sibari birth
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 4.10
- Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Telesphorus
- Le Liber pontificalis: texte, introduction et commentaire 1 claim — Liber pontificalis I, commentary on the early lives