Pope Pontian

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Pontian
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Birth name	Pontian
Papacy began	July 21, 230
Papacy ended	September 28, 235
Predecessor	Urban I
Successor	Anterus
Born	??? ???
Died	September, 235 Sardinia, Italy

Styles of Pope Pontian
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Reference style	His Holiness
Spoken style	Your Holiness
Religious style	Holy Father
Posthumous style	Saint

Pope Saint Pontian or Pontianus, was pope from July 21, 230 to September 28, 235.

A little more is known of Pontian than his predecessors, apparently from a lost papal chronicle that was available to the compiler of the Liberian Catalogue of bishops of Rome, made in the fourth century (Catholic Encyclopedia).

During his pontificate the schism of Hippolytus came to an end. Pontian and other church leaders, among them Hippolytus, were exiled by the emperor Maximinus Thrax to Sardinia, and in consequence of this sentence resigned on September 25 or September 28, 235. It is unknown for how long he stayed in exile, but according to Liber Pontificalis he died due to the inhuman treatment he received in the Sardinian mines. His remains were brought to Rome by Pope Fabian and buried in the Catacomb of Callixtus. His epitaph was rediscovered in 1909 in the crypt of St. Cecilia, Rome, near the papal crypt, reading PONTIANOS, EPISK. ("Pontianus, bishop"). The inscription "MARTUR" ("martyr") had been added in another hand.

His feast day was November 19, but is now August 13, sharing it with Antipope Hippolytus.

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• Image:Wikisource-logo.svg "Pope St. Pontian" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Urban I	Bishop of Rome Pope July 21, 230– September 28, 235	Succeeded by Anterus

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