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15th Roman Pontiff
St Zephyrinus
ZEPHYRINVS
15th Successor of St Peter · 198–217 · Rome · b. Roma, Italia, Roman Empire
198
Elected
217
Reign ended
19 years
Length
2nd
Century
The Life
Roman citizen, born in the capital of the Roman Empire. Although not physically martyred (murdered), he is called a martyr for the suffering he endured; feast day 20 December. Combated against the adoptionist heresies of the followers of Theodotus of Byzantium, who were ruled by Theodotus and Asclepiodotus.
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