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Pope Pontian

c. 180 – 235 · b. Rome · Bishop of Rome

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Bishop of Rome 230-235. Exiled with Hippolytus to Sardinia under Maximinus Thrax; resigned the see and died there.

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Who was Pope Pontian?: Pope Pontian (180–235) — Bishop of Rome 230-235. Exiled with Hippolytus to Sardinia under Maximinus Thrax; resigned the see and died there.
Who did Pope Pontian succeed as bishop of Rome?: Pope Urban I.
Who succeeded Pope Pontian as bishop of Rome?: Pope Anterus.

Sources for biography

Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.23, 6.29 primary
Liber Pontificalis 19 primary

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succeeded in see Pope Urban I
Roman episcopal succession in 230.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.23
succeeded in see (incoming) Pope Anterus
Roman episcopal succession in 235.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.29

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