October 125-136 A.D. Mr. Telesphorus—Rome’s 7th or 8th Senior Presbyter. Some uncertainy obtains here
October
125-136 A.D. Mr.
Telesphorus—Rome’s 7th or 8th Senior Presbyter. Some uncertainy obtains here.
Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Pope St. Telesphorus." The
Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477b.htm. Accessed 17 May
2014.
St. Telesphorus
(Lived about
125-136.)
St.
Telesphorus was the seventh Roman bishop in succession from the Apostles, and, according to the
testimony of St. Irenæus (Against Heresies III.3.3), suffered a glorious martyrdom. Eusebius (Church History IV.7, IV.14) places the beginning of his pontificate in the
twelfth of Hadrian's reign (128-129), his
death in the first year of the reign of Antoninus Pius (138-139). These
statements, however, should be compared with Lightfoot, "The Apostolic
Fathers", I (London, 1899), 201 sq., section on "Early Roman
Successions", and Harnack, "Geschlichte der alchristl.
Literatur", pt. II, "Die Chronologie", I (Leipzing, 1879), 70
sq. In the fragment of the letter of Irenæus of Lyons to Pope Victor concerning the
celebration of Easter (Eusebius, Church History V.24), Telesphorus is mentioned as one of the Roman bishops who always celebrated Easter on Sunday, without, however,
abandoning church fellowship with those communities that did not follow this
custom. None of the statements in the "Liber
pontificalis" and other authorities of
a later date as to liturgical and other decisions of
this pope are genuine. In the RomanMartyrology his feast is given under 5 January;
the Greek Church celebrates it on 22
February.
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