Pope Hyginus
Head of the Catholic Church from c. 138 to c. 142 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Pope Hyginus (Greek: Υγίνος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 138 to his death in c. 142.[1][2] Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
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Hyginus | |
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Bishop of Rome | |
Church | Early Church |
Papacy began | c. 136 |
Papacy ended | c. 142 |
Predecessor | Telesphorus |
Successor | Pius I |
Personal details | |
Born | Hyginus |
Died | 142 Rome, Roman Empire |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 11 January |
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Hyginus instituted godparents at baptism to assist the baptised during their Christian life. He also decreed that all churches be consecrated. He is said to have died a martyr, though no records verify this. The chronology of the early bishops of Rome cannot be determined with any degree of exactitude today.[3][4]