Name
Anicetus, bishop and martyr of Rome
Saint ID
S00143
Reported Death Not Before
160
Reported Death Not After
180
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00325 | The first edition of the Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, in its account of *Anicetus (bishop of Rome, S00143), states that he was buried in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036), on 20 April [AD 153]. The second edition, written not long before 546, adds that he died a martyr, and places his burial in the cemetery of Callixtus, also on 20 April. |
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