Papacy began 4 January 275 Name Pope Eutychian Predecessor Pope Felix I Feast day 8 December Successor Pope Caius | Birth name Eutychianus Parents Marinus Papacy ended 7 December 283 Role Bishop of Rome Term ended December 7, 283 AD | |
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Died December 7, 283 AD, Rome, Italy Similar People Pope Lucius I, Pope Pius I, Pope Stephen I, Pope Anastasius I, Pope Anterus | ||
Pope Eutychian | Wikipedia audio article
Pope Eutychian (died 7 December 283), also called Eutychianus, was the Bishop of Rome from 4 January 275 to his death in 283.
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Pope Eutychian | Wikipedia audio article
Biography
His original epitaph was discovered in the catacomb of Callixtus (see Kraus, Roma sotterranea, p. 154 et seq.), but almost nothing more is known of him. Even the date of his reign is uncertain. Liber Pontificalis gives a reign of 8 years and 11 months, from 275 to 283. Eusebius, on the other hand says his reign was only 10 months.
Eutychian is said to have allowed the blessing of grapes and beans on the altar and to have buried 324 martyrs with his own hands. Some historians doubt these traditions, since there was no persecution of Christians after the death of Aurelian in 275 and blessing the produce of the fields is believed to belong to a later period.
His feast is kept on 8 December.