For others called Pontianus, see Pontianus. For others called Pontian, see Pontian.
Pope Saint
Pontian
Bishop of Rome
Portrait by Spinello Aretino, c. 1383 (Hermitage Museum)
Church
Early Church
Papacy began
21 July 230
Papacy ended
28 September 235
Predecessor
Urban I
Successor
Anterus
Personal details
Died
October 235 Sardinia, Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day
13 August (Eastern Orthodox Church, Catholic Church 1969 calendar)
19 November (Catholic Church 1960 calendar and prior)
Venerated in
Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church
Pope Pontian (Latin: Pontianus; died October 235) was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 230 to 28 September 235.[1] In 235, during the persecution of Christians in the reign of the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pontian was arrested and sent to the island of Sardinia.
He abdicated to make the election of a new pope possible.[1] Resigning on 28 September 235, he was the first pope to do so. This allowed an orderly transition in the Church of Rome and so ended a schism that had existed in the Church for eighteen years. Some accounts say he was beaten to death only weeks after his arrival on Sardinia.
Pontian is venerated as a saint in both the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches.
^ abKirsch, Johann Peter (1911). "Pope St. Pontian" in The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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poverty. He died in Rome and was eventually buried in the Catacomb of Pontian together with his immediate successor, Innocent I. Jerome also referred...
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Ponciano". This was both in memory of his son Ponciano and in honor of PopePontian. Inside the church is the "Virgen de Luján" niche, which was moved here...
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