Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Early Pope who battled several heresies

St. Zephyrinus

St. Zephyrinus
St. Zephyrinus
Feastday: December 20
Died: 217

Little is known about St. Zephyrinus, who was pope of Rome from c. 198 or 199 until 217. The antipope who opposed him, Hippolytus, says he was a simple and avaricious man. He adds that Zephyrinus relied too much on his deacon, Callixtus, who was in charge of the church's cemetary. Zephyrinus battled the heresies of adoptionism, modalism, and monarchianism; the antipope also accuses him of being a modalist.

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