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Pope Zephyrinus

c. 150 – c. 217 · b. Rome · Bishop of Rome

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Bishop of Rome 199-217. Criticised by Hippolytus as theologically weak in the modalist controversy.

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Who was Pope Zephyrinus?: Pope Zephyrinus (150–217) — Bishop of Rome 199-217. Criticised by Hippolytus as theologically weak in the modalist controversy.
Who did Pope Zephyrinus oppose?: Hippolytus of Rome.
Who did Pope Zephyrinus succeed as bishop of Rome?: Pope Victor I.
Who succeeded Pope Zephyrinus as bishop of Rome?: Pope Callixtus I.

Sources for biography

Hippolytus, Refutatio 9.6-12 primary
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.21 primary

documented connections(2)

opposed (incoming) Hippolytus of Rome
Hippolytus accuses Zephyrinus of doctrinal weakness and Callixtus of innovation in penance.
Hippolytus, Refutatio 9.6-12
succeeded in see (incoming) Pope Callixtus I
Roman episcopal succession in 217.
Hippolytus, Refutatio 9.11 · Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 6.21

tradition connections(1)

succeeded in see Pope Victor I
Roman episcopal succession c. 199; only attested by Eusebius writing a century later.
Eusebius, Hist. Eccl. 5.28, 6.21

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