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Pope Callixtus I

c. 155 – c. 222 · b. Rome · Bishop of Rome
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Bishop of Rome 217-222. Former slave; relaxed penitential discipline, drawing fire from Hippolytus and Tertullian. Tradition records him as a martyr.

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Who was Pope Callixtus I?
Pope Callixtus I (155–222) — Bishop of Rome 217-222. Former slave; relaxed penitential discipline, drawing fire from Hippolytus and Tertullian. Tradition records him as a martyr.
Who did Pope Callixtus I oppose?
Hippolytus of Rome and Tertullian.
Who did Pope Callixtus I succeed as bishop of Rome?
Pope Zephyrinus.
Who succeeded Pope Callixtus I as bishop of Rome?
Pope Urban I.

Sources for biography

  • Hippolytus, Refutatio 9.11-12 primary
  • Tertullian, De Pudicitia 1 primary

documented connections(4)

  • opposed (incoming) Hippolytus of Rome
    Hippolytus rejected Callixtus' election and his lenient discipline; tradition makes him an antipope of this period.
    Hippolytus, Refutatio 9.11-12
  • opposed (incoming) Tertullian
    Tertullian's De Pudicitia attacks the unnamed bishop (commonly identified as Callixtus) for absolving adultery.
    Tertullian, De Pudicitia 1, 21
  • succeeded in see Pope Zephyrinus
    Roman episcopal succession in 217.
    Hippolytus, Refutatio 9.11 · Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.21
  • succeeded in see (incoming) Pope Urban I
    Roman episcopal succession in 222.
    Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.23

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