Pope St. Sylvester

Pope St. Sylvester, whom God appointed to govern his holy church in the first years of her temporal prosperity and triumph over her persecuting...

Pope St. Anterus

Just about the only thing that can be said about Pope Anterus is that he was Greek. Not every pope with a Greek name...

Pope St. Telesphorus

Pope St. Telesphorus (ca. 125 - 138 AD) was a Greek who had been an anchorite. He ruled the Church in the time of Emperor...

Pope St. Hyginus

Pope Saint Hyginus was bishop of Rome from about 138 to about 140. He was born in Athens, Greece at an unknown date. During...

Pope St. Fabian

Eusebius, born just a few years after Fabian's death, tells us how Fabian came to Rome after Pope Anteros died in 236. A layperson,...

Pope St. Hilary

To replace a man like St. Leo the Great was not easy, but the next pope was a man after Leo's heart, the archdeacon...

Pope St. Simplicius

St. Simplicius, a native of Tivoli, was elected to succeed St. Hilary. His election was peaceful, his pontificate stormy. The empire in the West...
Pope St. Julius I

Pope St. Julius I

The reign of  Pope St. Julius (337-352) found at its doorstep the vexing problem of the Eastern Arians. It is true that the Council...
Pope St. Martin I

Pope St. Martin I

When Martin I became pope in 649, Constantinople was the capital of the Byzantine empire and the patriarch of Constantinople was the most influential...
Pope St. Leo IX

Pope St. Leo IX

Pope St. Leo IX was the first pope who worked for reform in the Church. He was born in 1002 and given the name...