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Saint Hippolytus of Rome: Quick Facts

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Born c.170
Died c.235 • Sardinia • Italy
Title / Office antipope (217-235)
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Novatian
antipope
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St. Cornelius
pope
Liberius
Liberius
pope
St. Callixtus I
St. Callixtus I
pope
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Saint Boniface I
pope
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Felix
antipope
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Eulalius
antipope
Caravaggio: The Conversion of St. Paul (second version)
St. Paul the Apostle
Christian Apostle
Justus of Ghent: Saint Augustine
St. Augustine
Christian bishop and theologian
St. Damasus I
St. Damasus I
pope
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Tyrannius Rufinus
Roman priest and writer
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St. Hilary of Poitiers
bishop of Poitiers
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Saint Vincent of Lérins
ancient theologian
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St. John Cassian
monk
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Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe
African bishop
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Christopher
duke of Württemberg
St. Gregory the Great
St. Gregory the Great
pope
Alexander III
Alexander III
pope
Innocent II, detail from a mosaic, 12th century; in the apse of the basilica of Sta. Maria in Trastevere, Rome
Innocent II
pope
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Saint Sergius I
pope