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Pius I, Pope, Saint

PIO I, PAPA, SANTO

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Also known as: Italian: San Pio I; Latin: Pius I Papa

PIUS I, Pope, Saint. - In the Roman Martyrology he is commemorated on July 11; it was Ado who first inserted him into his Martyrology. He succeeded Hyginus, but the chronology is uncertain, c. 140-155. At his death he is said to have been buried near the tomb of St. Peter.

From the so-called Muratorian Fragment it is known that he was the brother of Hermas (v.), the author of the Shepherd. During his pontificate the Gnostics Valentinus and Cerdo spread their doctrines in Rome, but the latter for a certain time returned to the Catholic communion.

Late and legendary hagiographic traditions, taken up also by the author of the Lib. Pont., make him a native of Aquileia and connect him with the title of Pudens (v.).

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BIBL.: Eusebius, Hist. eccl., IV, 11; Lib. Pont., I, p. 132 ff.; Acta SS. Julii, III, Paris 1868, pp. 170-72; Martyr. Romanum, p. 281 ff. Agostino Amore

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX (1952), coll. 1491–1492.

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Amore, Agostino. “Pio I, papa, santo.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, coll. 1491–1492. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952. https://azioneromana.com/article/pio-i-papa-santo.

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Amore, Agostino. “Pio I, papa, santo.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IX, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1952, coll. 1491–1492. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/pio-i-papa-santo.

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  author    = {Amore, Agostino},
  title     = {Pio I, papa, santo},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IX},
  pages     = {1491--1492},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1952},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/pio-i-papa-santo}
}

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