Information about Pope Caius
| Caius | |
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| Birth name | Caius, or Gaius |
| Papacy began | December 17, 283 |
| Papacy ended | April 22, 296 |
| Predecessor | Eutychian |
| Successor | Marcellinus |
| Born | ??? ??? |
| Died | April 22, 296 ???| |
| Styles of Pope Caius | |
| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Holy Father |
| Posthumous style | Saint| |
Pope Saint Caius or Gaius was pope from December 17, 283 to April 22, 296.
He was the son of Gaius, or, according to St. Susanna of Concordius, a relative of the emperor Diocletian, and became pope on December 17, 283. His tomb, with the original epitaph, was discovered in the catacombs of Callixtus and in it the ring with which he used to seal his letters (see Arringhi, Roma subterr., 1. iv. c. xlviii. p. 426).
His feast is on April 22, together with Pope Soter. Saint Caius is portrayed in art wearing the Papal Tiara with Saint Nereus. He is venerated in Dalmatia and Venice.
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| Preceded by Eutychian | Bishop of Rome Pope December 17, 283– April 22, 296 | Succeeded by Marcellinus |
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Pope Saint Eutychian or Eutychianus was pope from January 4, 275 to December 7, 283 (according to the Annuario Pontificio of 2003).
His original epitaph was discovered in the catacombs of Callixtus (see Kraus, Roma sotterranea, p. 154 et seq.
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His original epitaph was discovered in the catacombs of Callixtus (see Kraus, Roma sotterranea, p. 154 et seq.
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Pope Saint Marcellinus, according to the Liberian Catalogue, became bishop of Rome on June 30, 296; his predecessor was Pope Caius. He is not mentioned in the Martyrologium hieronymianum, or in the Depositio episcoporum, or in the
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saint is one who is sanctified (cf. 2 Chron. 6:41). The early Christians were all called saints. (Heb. 13:24; Jud. 1:3; Phile. 1:5, 7) Over time, the traditional usage of the term saint
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The Pope (from Latin: papa, father;[1] from Greek πάπας (papas) = father - originally written πάππας (
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Diocletian
Emperor of the Roman Empire
Diocletian
Reign November 20 284 - 286 (alone);
286 - May 1 305 (as Augustus of the East, with Maximian as Augustus of the West)
Full name Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus
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Emperor of the Roman Empire
Diocletian
Reign November 20 284 - 286 (alone);
286 - May 1 305 (as Augustus of the East, with Maximian as Augustus of the West)
Full name Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus
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catacombs are a network of underground burial galleries beneath San Sebastiano fuori le mura, in Rome. The derivation of the word itself is disputed and it remains unclear if it ultimately derives from the cemetery itself or from the locality in which it is found.
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Pope Saint Callixtus I or Callistus I, was pope from about 217 to about 222, during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Heliogabalus and Alexander Severus. He was martyred for his Christian faith and is a canonized saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Pope Saint Soter, sometimes known as the Pope of Charity, was pope from 166 to 174 (the Vatican cites 162 or 168 to 170 or 177).
He declared that marriage was valid only as a sacrament blessed by a priest.
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He declared that marriage was valid only as a sacrament blessed by a priest.
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The Papal Tiara, also known as the Triple Tiara, or in Latin as the 'Triregnum', and in Italian as the 'Triregno', is the three-tiered jewelled papal crown, supposedly of Byzantine and Persian origin, that is a prominent symbol of the papacy.
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Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Domitilla and Pancratius are four Roman saints, the commemoration of whom is made by the Roman Catholic Church on 12 May, in common, and all four are named in the Proper of the Mass as martyrs.
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Dalmatia (Croatian: Dalmacija; Latin: Dalmatia) is a region on the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea, situated mostly in modern Croatia and spreading between the island of Rab in the northwest and the Gulf of Kotor (Montenegro) in the southeast.
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Country Italy
Region Veneto
Province Venice (VE)
Mayor Massimo Cacciari (since April 18 2005)
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Region Veneto
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Mayor Massimo Cacciari (since April 18 2005)
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Pope Saint Eutychian or Eutychianus was pope from January 4, 275 to December 7, 283 (according to the Annuario Pontificio of 2003).
His original epitaph was discovered in the catacombs of Callixtus (see Kraus, Roma sotterranea, p. 154 et seq.
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His original epitaph was discovered in the catacombs of Callixtus (see Kraus, Roma sotterranea, p. 154 et seq.
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Bishop of Rome
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Founded 1st century
Cathedral St. John Lateran
Present bishop Pope Benedict XVI
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Cathedral St. John Lateran
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