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Pope Anterus
Pope Anterus
the 19th
Pope
(Reign:
November 21
,
235
-
January 3
,
236
), he succeeded
Pope Pontian
, who had been deported from
Rome
along with the
antipope
Hippolytus
to
Sardinia
. It is claimed he was
martyred
, but there is little evidence for this. He was buried in the papal crypt of the cemetery of St.
Calixtus[?]
in
Rome
and later made a
saint
.
preceded by
Pope Pontian
, (230-235)
succeeded by
Pope Fabian
(236-250)
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