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| Birth name | Stephanus |
| Papacy began | ca. May 12, 254 |
| Papacy ended | August 2, 257 |
| Predecessor | Lucius I |
| Successor | Sixtus II |
| Born | ??? Rome, Italy |
| Died | August 2, 257 Rome, Italy |
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | Saint |
Pope Saint Stephen I served as Bishop of Rome from May 12, 254 to August 2, 257. Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events May 12 — Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I as the 23rd Pope. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Events By Place Roman Empire Valerian I recovers Antioch from Shapur. Pope Pope Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Events By Place Roman Empire Valerian I recovers Antioch from Shapur. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest A style of office, or honorific, is a term which by Tradition or Law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post or Title, or to the A saint (from the Latin sanctus) is a human being to whom has been attributed (and who has generally demonstrated a high level of Holiness and Sanctity Events 1191 - Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre. Events May 12 — Pope Stephen I succeeds Pope Lucius I as the 23rd Pope. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Events By Place Roman Empire Valerian I recovers Antioch from Shapur.
Of Roman birth but of Greek ancestry, he became bishop of Rome in 254, having served as archdeacon of Pope Lucius I, who appointed Stephen his successor. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 The Greeks ( Greek: Έλληνες) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighbouring regions Pope
At the time, internal disputes racking the Church were as much a threat as the external persecutions: following the "Decian persecution" of 250-251, there was disagreement about how to treat those who had lapsed from the faith, and Stephen was urged by Faustinus, Bishop of Lyon, to take action against Marcian, Bishop of Arles, who denied penance and communion to the lapsed who repented, the position called Novatianism, after Novatian, later declared a heretic, who held for the strictest approach. The former French Catholic Archbishopric of Arles had its episcopal see in the city of Arles, in southern France. The Novatianists following Novatius or Novatian, held a strict view that refused readmission to communion of lapsi, those baptized Christians who had denied their Novatian ( circa 200 &ndash 258 was a scholar and Antipope who held the title between 251 and 258 Heresy, as a blanket term describes a practice or belief that is labeled as unorthodox
This led to controversy over whether to accept as a valid sacrament baptism by splinter Christian groups. Stephen held that converts from such groups did not need rebaptism, while Cyprian and certain bishops of the Roman province of Africa held rebaptism necessary for admission to the Eucharist. This page is about Cyprian bishop of Carthage For other Cyprians see Cyprian (disambiguation. The Eucharist, also called Holy Communion or Lord's Supper and other names is a Christian Sacrament by which in a common interpretation those Stephen's view eventually won broad acceptance.
He is also mentioned as having insisted on the restoration of the bishops of León and Astorga, who had been deposed for unfaithfulness during the persecution but afterwards had repented. History León was founded in the 1st century BC by the Roman legion Legio VI ''Victrix''. Astorga is a small city and Episcopal see, located in the province of León of Spain.
The Deposition Episcoporum of 354 speaks of Pope Stephen I as not a martyr. [1] Probably because of a conflation with his successor Pope Sixtus II, who was one of the first victims of Valerian's 258 persecution, it has been said that, as he was sitting on his pontifical throne in the catacombs, celebrating Mass for his congregation the emperor's men came and beheaded on 2 August 257. Pope The first Burial galleries to be referred to as catacombs lie beneath San Sebastiano fuori le mura, in Rome. The Mass is the Eucharistic celebration in the Latin liturgical rites of the Roman Catholic Church. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the As late as the 18th century, the chair was preserved, still stained with blood. The 18th century lasted from 1701 to 1800 in the Gregorian calendar, in accordance with the Anno Domini / Common Era numbering system But Valerian's original persecution in 257 did not order summary execution of bishops.
His feast day in the Roman Catholic Church is 2 August. The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the [2]
Saint Stephen I is the patron of Hvar. Hvar ( local Croatian dialect: Hvor or For, Greek: Pharos, Pharina Lesina is a town on the eponymous island of Hvar
References
- ^ Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 133
- ^ Martyrologium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 ISBN 88-209-7210-7)
External links
"Pope St. Stephen I" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia. - His writings
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| Preceded by Lucius I |
Bishop of Rome Pope May 12, 254– August 2, 257 |
Succeeded by Sixtus II |
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