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'''Saint Eleutherius''' (also '''Eleutherus'''; died c. 189 AD) was, according to ancient Christian tradition, the thirteenth bishop of Rome after Saint Peter, serving from c. 174 to 189 AD, thus the thirteenth pope.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05364b.htm |title=Pope St. Eleutherius |publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> He appears in the earliest papal catalogues of Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 180) and the ''Liber Pontificalis'', and Eusebius of Caesarea, which give him a fifteen-year pontificate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en/roman_curia/pontifical_committees/archeology/documents/rc_comm_archeo_02001010_eleuterio_en.html |title=Saint Eleutherius |publisher=Holy See |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> | '''Pope Saint Eleutherius''' (also '''Eleutherus'''; died c. 189 AD) was, according to ancient Christian tradition, the thirteenth bishop of Rome after Saint Peter, serving from c. 174 to 189 AD, thus the thirteenth pope.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05364b.htm |title=Pope St. Eleutherius |publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> He appears in the earliest papal catalogues of Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 180) and the ''Liber Pontificalis'', and Eusebius of Caesarea, which give him a fifteen-year pontificate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vatican.va/content/vatican/en/roman_curia/pontifical_committees/archeology/documents/rc_comm_archeo_02001010_eleuterio_en.html |title=Saint Eleutherius |publisher=Holy See |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> | ||
Historical evidence for Eleutherius is very limited. Irenaeus mentions only his name and succession. The ''Liber Pontificalis'' (6th century) claims he was a Greek deacon from Nicomedia, received a letter from King Lucius of Britain requesting conversion (a legend now rejected by scholars), and sent missionaries Fugatius and Damianus—details considered wholly unhistorical.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=44 |title=St. Eleutherius |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Later sources allege martyrdom under Hadrian or Commodus, but no contemporary evidence supports this, and most modern historians regard his death as peaceful. As an ancient pope, his veneration began in the early Church without formal canonization processes; his feast is 26 May in the Roman Calendar. | Historical evidence for Eleutherius is very limited. Irenaeus mentions only his name and succession. The ''Liber Pontificalis'' (6th century) claims he was a Greek deacon from Nicomedia, received a letter from King Lucius of Britain requesting conversion (a legend now rejected by scholars), and sent missionaries Fugatius and Damianus—details considered wholly unhistorical.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=44 |title=St. Eleutherius |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Later sources allege martyrdom under Hadrian or Commodus, but no contemporary evidence supports this, and most modern historians regard his death as peaceful. As an ancient pope, his veneration began in the early Church without formal canonization processes; his feast is 26 May in the Roman Calendar. | ||