Relic containing the head of Pope Stephen I, Speyer Cathedral, Germany
Church
Early Church
Papacy began
12 May 254
Papacy ended
2 August 257
Predecessor
Lucius I
Successor
Sixtus II
Personal details
Born
Rome, Roman Empire
Died
(257-08-02)2 August 257 Rome, Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day
2 August, 3 August
Venerated in
Catholic Church Eastern Orthodox Church
Patronage
Hvar
Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest
Modigliana Cathedral
Other popes named Stephen
Pope Stephen I (Greek: Στέφανος Α΄ Latin: Stephanus I) was the Bishop of Rome from 12 May 254 to his death on 2 August 257.[1] He was later canonized as a saint and some accounts say he was killed while celebrating Mass.
^Mann, Horace (1912). "Pope St. Stephen I" in The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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became involved in the dispute between Cyprian and PopeStephenI in 256, siding with Cyprian. Stephen renounced communion with Helenus and others for insisting...
valid pope, but was added to the lists of popes in the 15th century as Stephen II, causing difficulties in enumerating later popes named Stephen. The Holy...
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Ostrogoths and the Visigoths. August 30 – Pope Sixtus II succeeds PopeStephenI as the 24th pope. Valerian's persecution of Christians begins: his edict orders...
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