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discovered caliXtus AppianWaycYY Pope and his term Emperor & term Comments [Persecution # of 10 beg~end] 65 1.*Peter 30~67 Nero 54~68 [P1 64~69] 70 2.*Linus 64/7~76/9 Otho & Vitellius69 bc27~14=Augustus 14~37=Tiberius 75 3.*AnacletusCletus Vespasian 69~79 37~41=Caligula 41~54=Claudius 80 . 76/9~88 Titus 79~81 85 4.*Clement I Domitian 81 [P2 91~95] 90 . 88/92~97/101 ~96 +-----------------------------+ 95 5.*Evaristus Nerva 96-98 |The following cycle may have | 100 . 97/9~105/7 Trajan(allowed some |been established in the 3rd | 105 6.*Alexander I 98 persecutions)|'killing fields' century: | 110 . 105/7~115/6 ~117 | -Church membership expands | 115 7.*Sixtus/Xystus I Hadrian 117 | -Church leadership matures | 120 . 115/6~125 ~ | -Church infiltrated by spies| 125 8.*Telesphorus ~ | [P3 120~124] | 130 . 125~136/8 ~138 | -Church leadership killed | 135 9.*Hyginus136/8~140/2 Antoninus Pius | (the cycle is repeated) | 140 10.*Pius I 138 |The Church matures as each | 145 . 140/2 ~ |cycle forces new leaders to | 150 . ~155 ~ |become more sophisticated | 155 11.*Anicetus ~161 |at tending their 'flock'. | 160 . 155~166 Marcus Aurelius +-----------------------------+ 165 12.*Soter 161 [P4 164 170 . 166~174/5 ~ .......~ 175 13.*Eleutherius ~180 ........~176] 180 . 174/5 Commodus 180 185 . ~189 ~192 190 14.*Victor I Septimius Severus Pertinax 192-3 195 . 189~199 193 DidiusJulianus193 200 15.*Zephyrinus ~ [P5 202 205 . 199 ~211 Geta211 .......~ 210 . ~217 211~217 ........~211] 215 16.*Callistus I Elagabalus218~222 Macrinus 217~218 220 . 218~222/3 D Severus Alexander (Callistus dies in the Trastevere 225 17.*Urban I222/3~230P 222 tavern=church riot at the 230 18.*Pontian230~235X ~235 beginning of Alexander's peace!) 235 19.*Anterus235~236X Maximinus Thrax 235~238 [P6 235~237] 240 20.*Fabian X Gordian III 238~244 Gordian I & II 238~238 245 . 236~250 Decius 249~251 [P7 249~250] 250 21.*Cornelius251~253X PhilipTheArab244~249 TreboniusGallus251~253 255 22.*Lucius I 253~254X Valerian 253~260 [P8 257~259] 260 23.*Stephen I254~257X Gallienus 253-68 265 24.*Sixtus II257~258X ClaudiusII268~270 270 25.*Dionysius259~268X Aurelian 270~275 [P9 270~275?] 275 26.*Felix I 269~274X Probus 276-282 280 27.*Eutychian275~283X CarusCarinus&Numerian 282~284 (short lived dynasty) 285 28.*Caius/Gaius X Diocletian (EAST) (WEST) Maximianus-father 290 . 283~296 284 Galerius Constantius-father 285 295 29.*Marcellinus P ~ 293 293 ~305 307~8 310 300 . 296~304 ~305 ~311 ~ 306 [P10 303 305 30.*MarcellusI308~309?P MaximinusDaia305~313 Severus Maxentius-son ~ 310 31.*Eusebius309~310 ?X Constantine-son Licinius 305~7 306 ~13] 315 32.*Miltiades311~314?X 306 308 ~12 320 33.*Sylvester I P ~ ~ +-------------------------------+ 325 . 314 ~ 324~ |The severest persecutions took | 330 . ~335 ~337 |place during the "Period of | 335 34.*Mark 336~6 ConstantiusII |Military Anarchy" from 235 | 340 35.*Julius I D 337 |through 283/313. Those | 345 . 337~352 ~ |persecutions involved death to | 350 36. Liberius ~ |all bishops and confiscation or| 355 . 352 ~361 |destruction of Church property;| 360 . ~366 Julian361~3Jovian63~ 4 |that they were inadequate is | 365 37.*Damasus I Valens Procopius365~ 6 |hinted at by the turnover in | 370 . 366 364~378 Gratian |Emperors along with the deaths | 375 . ~ Theodosius 367~83 |of the Bishops of Rome (Popes).| 380 . ~384 378 MagnusMaxim +===============================+ 385 38.*Siricius ~ 383~388 Siricius is the first to keep the 390 . 384 ~395 Honorius term "Pope" as his formal title; 395 . ~399 Arcadius 393 it continues on to this day and 400 39.*Anastasius 395 ~423 may have been recommended to him . 399~401 ~408 by his predecessor, Damasus. |
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