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| − | !colspan="2" style="background:yellow;text-align:center"|'''<big>Pope Anacletus or Cletus</big>''' | + | !colspan="2" style="background:yellow;text-align:center"|'''<big>Pope Anacletus, Anencletus, Cletus</big>''' |
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| − | |Papacy Began: 76 | + | |Papacy Began: <br>23 September 76 |
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| − | |Papacy Ended: <br>23 September 76 | + | |Papacy Ended: <br> A.D. 88 or 91 (?) |
| | Predecessor: <br>[[Pope Linus|Saint Linus]] | | Predecessor: <br>[[Pope Linus|Saint Linus]] |
| | Successor: <br>[[Pope Clement|Saint Clement]] | | Successor: <br>[[Pope Clement|Saint Clement]] |
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| − | |}Saint '''Anacletus''' or '''Cletus''' was the third [[Pope]], about whom little is known with certainty save that he died a martyr, perhaps in A.D. 88 or 91. He drew up the rules for the concecration of [[bishop]]s. In the area of the [[Vatican]], near the tomb of [[Saint Peter]], he had an [[oratory]] built for the burial of [[martyr]]s. He was also responsible for rules governing [[ecclesiastical]] dress. He is mentioned by name as '''Anencletus''' in the ''Ecclesiastical History'' of [[Eusebius]], Book III, Chapters XIII, and XV:{{quotation|Chapter XIII Anencletus, the Second Bishop of Rome <br> | + | |}Saint '''Anacletus''' or '''Cletus''' was the third [[Pope]] and second successor to [[Saint Peter]], about whom little is known with certainty save that he died a [[martyr]], perhaps in A.D. 88 or 91. He drew up the rules for the concecration of [[bishop]]s. In the area of the [[Vatican]], near the tomb of Saint Peter, he had an [[oratory]] built for the burial of [[martyr]]s. He was also responsible for rules governing [[ecclesiastical]] dress. <br> |
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| | + | He is mentioned by name as '''Anencletus''' in the ''Ecclesiastical History'' of [[Eusebius]], Book III, Chapters XIII, and XV:{{quotation|Chapter XIII Anencletus, the Second Bishop of Rome <br> |
| | A<small>FTER</small> [[Vespasian]] had reigned about ten years, he was succeeded by his son [[Titus]] ; in the second year of whose reign, Linus, bishop of the church at Rome, who had held the office about twelve years, transferred it to '''Anencletus'''. But Titus was succeeded by [[Domitian]], his brother, after he had reigned two years and as many months. | | A<small>FTER</small> [[Vespasian]] had reigned about ten years, he was succeeded by his son [[Titus]] ; in the second year of whose reign, Linus, bishop of the church at Rome, who had held the office about twelve years, transferred it to '''Anencletus'''. But Titus was succeeded by [[Domitian]], his brother, after he had reigned two years and as many months. |
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