16 April 161 A.D. Anicetus Dies—Romes Claims as Her 11th Bishop
16 April 161 A.D. Anicetus Dies—Romes Claims as Her 11 th Bishop Campbell, Thomas. "Pope St. Anicetus." The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907. http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01514a.htm . Accessed 21 May 2014. Anicetus The Roman Pontiff who succeeded Pius towards the year 157, and reigned till about 168. According to Duchesne (Origins) the confusion of dates about this period is such that more exact verification is impossible. While Anicetus was Pope, St. Polycarp , then in extreme old age, came to confer with him (160-162) about the Paschal controversy; Polycarp and others in the East celebrating the feast on the fourteenth of the month of Nisan, no matter on what day of the week it fell; whereas in Rome it was always observed on Sunday , and the day of t...