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Tag: Hippolytus
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Pontian & Hippolytus
St Pontian (200 ca – 235) was Pope from 230 to 235. His early Pontificate was generally peaceful under the then Roman rulers but when Emperor Maximinus Thrax was appointed, Christianity was no longer tolerated. Pope Saint Pontian was arrested along with St Hippolytus, who was a rival Pope. Both were exiled to hard labour in…