Hippolytus of Rome
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Hippolytus of Rome was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the second and third centuries, though his provenance, identity, and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians. Suggested
Statue of Hippolytus, 222 AD
Roman sculpture, maybe of Hippolytus, found in 1551 and used for the attribution of the Apostolic Tradition
Mosaic of Saint Hippolytus of Rome from the Basilica of Sant'Apollinare Nuovo in Ravenna
Pope Pontian
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Pope Pontian was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 230 to 28 September 235. In 235, during the persecution of Christians in the reign of the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pontian was arrested and sent to the
Portrait by Spinello Aretino, c. 1383 (Hermitage Museum)
The Martyrdom of Saint Pontianus (Baltasar de Echave, c. 1612)
Interior of San Ponziano, Rome