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Hyginus, Bishop of Rome
Wace's Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
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Hyginus (1) , bp. of Rome after Telesphorus, probably from 137 to 141. Our early authorities for the dates and duration of his episcopate are confused, as in the case of other bishops of that early period. Anastasius (Lib. Pontif ) says that he was a Greek, son of an Athenian philosopher, of unknown genealogy. Several spurious decretals are assigned to him. See Mart. Rom. under Jan. 11; also Lightfoot, on the Early Roman successions, Apost. Fath. part i. vol. i.
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Wace, Henry. Entry for 'Hyginus, Bishop of Rome'. A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hwd/h/hyginus-bishop-of-rome.html. 1911.
Wace, Henry. Entry for 'Hyginus, Bishop of Rome'. A Dictionary of Early Christian Biography. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hwd/h/hyginus-bishop-of-rome.html. 1911.
