| Saint Hyginus | |
|---|---|
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| Papacy began | ca. 138 |
| Papacy ended | ca. 140 |
| Predecessor | Telesphorus |
| Successor | Pius I |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Hyginus |
| Born |
??? Athens, Greece |
| Died |
ca. 140 Rome, Roman Empire |
| Styles of Pope Hyginus | |
| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | Saint |
Pope Saint Hyginus was bishop of Rome from about 138 to about 140. He was born in Athens, Greece at an unknown date. During his papacy, he determined the different prerogatives of the clergy, and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. He also decreed that all churches be consecrated. He succeeded Pope Telesphorus who, according to Eusebius,[1] died during the first year of the reign of the Emperor Antoninus Pius – in 138 or 139, therefore. But the chronology of these bishops of Rome cannot be determined with any degree of exactitude by the help of the authorities at our disposal today.[2]
According to the Liber Pontificalis, Hyginus was a Greek by birth. The further statement that he was previously a philosopher is probably founded on the similarity of his name with that of two Latin authors. Irenaeus says (Adv. haereses, III, iii) that the Gnostic Valentine came to Rome in Hyginus's time, remaining there until Anicetus became pontiff. Cerdo, another Gnostic and predecessor of Marcion, also lived at Rome in the reign of Hyginus; by confessing his errors and recanting he succeeded in obtaining readmission into the bosom of the Church, but eventually he fell back into the heresies and was expelled from the Church. How many of these events took place during the time of Hyginus is not known.
The Liber Pontificalis also relates that this pope organized the hierarchy and established the order of ecclesiastical precedence (Hic clerum composuit et distribuit gradus). This general observation recurs also in the biography of Pope Hormisdas; it has no historical value, and according to Duchesne, the writer probably referred to the lower orders of the clergy. Eusebius (Hist. eccl., IV, xvi) claims that Hyginus's pontificate lasted four years. The ancient authorities contain no information as to his having died a martyr. At his death he was buried on the Vatican Hill, near the tomb of St. Peter. His feast is celebrated on 11 January.
Three letters attributed to him have survived.
Notes
- ↑ Historia Ecclesiastica, IV, xv.
- ↑ *Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope St. Hyginus
External links
"Pope St. Hyginus" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.- Opera Omnia
- "Hyginus (pope)". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
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| Preceded by Telesphorus |
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Succeeded by Pius I |
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