Anter ( Latin Anterus , in the Russian tradition - Anfir;? - January 3, 236 ) - Bishop of Rome from November 21, 235 to January 3, 236 [2] .
| Anter | |||
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| lat Anterus | |||
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| November 21, 235 - January 3, 236 | |||
| Church | Roman catholic church | ||
| Predecessor | Pontian | ||
| Successor | Fabian | ||
| Birth | |||
| Death | January 3, 236 Rome , Italy | ||
| Buried | Catacombs of St. Callist | ||
| Day of Remembrance | |||
Biography
It is believed that Anter was a Greek freedman born in Petilia-Policastro, Calabria [3] [4] .
Some scholars believe that he was tortured [4] [5] . Other scholars doubt this and believe that Anter died in non-dramatic circumstances during the persecution by the emperor Maximinus of Thracian [6] .
Anter was buried in the Roman catacombs of St. Callist in the papal crypt. His gravestone was discovered by Giovanni Battista de Rossi in 1854 . On the plate, half-worn remains of Greek epitaph are preserved. His ashes were taken to the church of St. Sylvester on the Field of Mars [3] and was discovered on November 17, 1595 , when Pope Clement VIII rebuilt the church [4] .
Revered as a saint, the day of remembrance among Catholics on January 3 , among the Orthodox on August 5 (according to the Julian calendar ).
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/feb/13/popes-full-list
- ↑ Shahan, Thomas (1907). "Pope St. Anterus" in The Catholic Encyclopedia . Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ↑ Pope Saint Antherus »Saints.SQPN.com
- ↑ 1 2 3 de Montor, Artaud. The Lives and Times of the Popes: Including the Complete Gallery of Portraits of the Pontiffs Reproduced from Effigies Pontificum Romanorum Dominici Basae: Being a Series of Volumes Giving the History of the World During the Christian Era . - New York: The Catholic Publication Society of America, 1911. - P. 49-50.
- ↑ Marucchi, Orazio. Manual of Christian Archeology 1935 . - Kessinger Publishing, 2003 .-- P. 48.
- ↑ Levillain, Philippe. The Papacy: An Encyclopedia. - London: Routledge , 2002 .-- P. 63, 557.
Links
- Anteros, Bishop // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.