Apostle Linus
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Pope Saint Linus |
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| Papacy began | c. AD 67 |
| Papacy ended | c. AD 76 |
| Predecessor | Peter |
| Successor | Anacletus |
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| Ordination | by Saint Paul |
| Personal details | |
| Born | ca. AD 10 Volterra, Tuscany, Italy, Roman Empire |
| Died | c. AD 76 Rome, Italy, Roman Empire |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | 23 September |
| Venerated in |
Anglicanism Lutheranism Roman Catholicism |
Linus 
pronunciation (died c. AD 76) was, according to several early sources, the second Bishop of Rome, and is listed by the Catholic Church as the second pope.
His papacy lasted from c. AD 67 to his death. According to other early sources, Pope Clement I was the second pope; according to the Catholic Church's Annuario Pontificio, however, Clement I was the fourth pope. Among those believed by the Catholic Church to have held the position of pope, only Peter, Linus and Clement are specifically mentioned in the New Testament.
The earliest witness to Linus's status as bishop was Irenaeus, who in about the year 180 wrote, "The blessed apostles, then, having founded and built up the Church, committed into the hands of Linus the office of the episcopate." The Oxford Dictionary of Popes interprets Irenaeus as classifying Linus as the first bishop of Rome. Linus is presented by Jerome as "the first after Peter to be in charge of the Roman Church" and by Eusebius as "the first to receive the episcopate of the church at Rome, after the martyrdom of Paul and Peter".John Chrysostom wrote, "This Linus, some say, was second Bishop of the Church of Rome after Peter", while the Liberian Catalogue presents Peter as the first Bishop of Rome and Linus as his successor in the same office.
The Liber Pontificalis also presents a list that makes Linus the second in the line of bishops of Rome, after Peter, while also stating that Peter consecrated two bishops, Linus and Anacletus, for the priestly service of the community, devoting himself instead to prayer and preaching, and that it was to Clement that he entrusted the Church as a whole, appointing him as his successor. Tertullian too wrote of Clement as the successor of Peter. Jerome classified Clement as "the fourth bishop of Rome after Peter" (i.e., fourth in a series that included Peter), adding that, "most of the Latins think that Clement was second after the apostle."
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