Pope Eleuterus

Pope Saint Eleuterus
Pope Saint Eleuterus
Papacy began	c. 174
Papacy ended	189
Predecessor	Soter
Successor	Victor I
Personal details
Birth name	Eleuterus or Eleutherius
Born	???; Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece
Died	189; Rome, Roman Empire

Pope Eleuterus (??? − 189) was thirteenth Pope, the official title is the Bishop of Rome of the Catholic Church from c. 174 to his death in 189. He was born in Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece.^[1]

In Liber Pontificalis, it says that they ascribe a decree to Pope Eleutherius that no kind of food should be despised by Christians(Et hoc iterum firmavit ut nulla esca a Christianis repudiaretur, maxime fidelibus, quod Deus creavit, quæ tamen rationalis et humana est).^[2]

References

↑ Butler, Alban; Attwater, Donald; Thurston, Herbert. Butler's Lives of the Saints (Volume 2).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
↑ Saint Peter. The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis). p. 6.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Soter	Pope 175–189	Succeeded by Victor I

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[1] Butler, Alban; Attwater, Donald; Thurston, Herbert. Butler's Lives of the Saints (Volume 2).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Saint Peter. The Book of Pontiffs (Liber Pontificalis). p. 6.

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Persondata
Name	Eleuterus
Alternative names
Short description	pope of the Roman Catholic Church
Date of birth	???
Place of birth	Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece
Date of death	189
Place of death	Rome, Italy