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|FeastDay=October 14
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|Profession=Slave; deacon; pope
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|PrimaryShrine=Catacomb of St. Callixtus, Rome, Italy
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|AdditionalVeneration=Eastern Orthodox Church
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'''Saint Callistus I''' (died c. 223) was the bishop of Rome from c. 217 to his death in 222 or 223, during the reigns of Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_I|title=Pope Callixtus I|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> According to historical accounts from Eusebius and the Liberian Catalogue, he served five years as pope, succeeding Zephyrinus, and is venerated as a martyr, though the circumstances of his death remain debated—possibly during a local uprising in Trastevere rather than formal persecution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03183d.htm|title=Pope Callistus I|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> Born a slave in Rome to a Christian master, Callistus managed a bank for widows' alms but fled after financial losses, leading to imprisonment in Sardinia's mines; pardoned through imperial intervention, he rose to deacon and overseer of the Christian cemetery on the Appian Way, now the Catacomb of St. Callixtus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-callistus-i-393|title=St. Callistus I|publisher=Catholic News Agency|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref>
'''Saint Callistus I''' (died c. 223) was the bishop of Rome from c. 217 to his death in 222 or 223, during the reigns of Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Callixtus_I|title=Pope Callixtus I|publisher=Wikipedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> According to historical accounts from Eusebius and the Liberian Catalogue, he served five years as pope, succeeding Zephyrinus, and is venerated as a martyr, though the circumstances of his death remain debated—possibly during a local uprising in Trastevere rather than formal persecution.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03183d.htm|title=Pope Callistus I|publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref> Born a slave in Rome to a Christian master, Callistus managed a bank for widows' alms but fled after financial losses, leading to imprisonment in Sardinia's mines; pardoned through imperial intervention, he rose to deacon and overseer of the Christian cemetery on the Appian Way, now the Catacomb of St. Callixtus.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/saint/st-callistus-i-393|title=St. Callistus I|publisher=Catholic News Agency|access-date=2025-10-19}}</ref>


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