Pope Pontian (Latin: Pontianus; died October 235) was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 230 to 28 September 235. In 235, during the persecution of Christians...

Look up Pontian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pontian may refer to: Pope Pontian (died 235), 3rd-century Catholic Pope Pontian Greeks, a group of...

222–230, died a martyr Pope Pontian (Saint) 230–235, condemned to mines in Sardinia and died on island of Tavolara Pope Anterus (Saint), elected 21 November...

Church in Rome against Pope Callixtus I. Hippolytus was reconciled to Callixtus's second successor, Pope Pontian, and both he and Pontian are honoured as saints...

This article lists the popes who have been canonised. A total of 83 out of 265 deceased popes have been recognised universally as canonised saints, including...

222) Pope Pontian (230–235) Pope Urban I (222–230) Pope Fabian (236–250) Pope Cornelius (251–253) Pope Lucius I (253–254) Pope Stephen I (254–257) Pope Felix...

origin, and his name may indicate that he was a freed slave. He succeeded Pope Pontian, who had been deported from Rome to Sardinia, along with the antipope...

becomes king of the Korean kingdom of Silla. July 21 – Pope Pontian succeeds Pope Urban I, as the 18th pope of Rome. Patriarch Castinus succeeds Ciriacus I as...

imperial government, and the schism between the Roman congregations of Pontian and Hippolytus was ended. He divided Rome into diaconates and appointed...

island was known in ancient times as Hermea. According to tradition, Pope Pontian died in Tavolara following his abdication and exile in 235. It is probably...