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  CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope Saint Fabian
Pope St. Pontianus to be exhumed, in Sardinia, and transferred to the catacomb of St. Callistus at Rome.
Fabian died a martyr (20 Jan., 250) at the beginning of the Decian persecution, and was
Popes in the catacomb of St. Callistus, where in recent times (1850) De Rossi discovered his Greek epitaph (Roma Sotterranea II, 59): "Fabian, bishop and martyr." The decretals ascribed to him in Pseudo-Isidore are apocryphal.
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  Pope Fabian
Saint Fabian (died 250), pope and martyr, was chosen pope, or bishop of Rome, in January 236 in succession to Pope Anterus.
Fabian was martyred during the persecution under the emperor Trajan Decius, his death taking place on the January 20, 250, and was buried in the catacomb of Callixtus, where a memorial has been found.
He is said to have baptized the emperor Philip and his son, to have done some building in the catacombs, to have improved the organization of the church in Rome, to have appointed officials to register the deeds of the martyrs, and to have founded several churches in France.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Pope Fabian
Pope Fabian (died 250; feast day: January 20), pope and martyr, was chosen pope, or bishop of Rome, in January 236 in succession to Pope Anterus.
Fabian was martyred during the persecution under the Roman Emperor Decius, his death taking place on January 20 250, and was buried in the catacomb of Callixtus, where a memorial has been found.
He is said to have baptized the emperor Philip and his son, to have done some building in the catacombs, to have improved the organization of the church in Rome, and to have appointed officials to register the deeds of the martyrs.
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 ST. FABIAN
"It is said that Fabian, after the death of Anteros, came from the country along with others and stayed at Rome, where he came to the office in a most miraculous manner, thanks to the divine and heavenly grace.
According to the prosaic "Liber Pontificalis," Fabian was a Roman, the son of Fabius.
Fabian's activity has been noted; and at the same time Gregory, the wonder-worker, bishop of Neo-Caesarea, Cyprian, bishop of Carthage, the great Origen, and others were writing to create Christian literature.
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 Timeline of Catholic Church
Pope Zephyrinus was not inclined to philosophical speculation and would not either endorse or condemn St. Hippolytus' attacks against the Monarchian heresy.
The pope refuses and is banished to Baerea in Thrace.
Pope St. Leo I had written a famous letter for the occasion, the Tome of Leo, in which he explained the Catholic Faith on the subject of the two natures of Christ.
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 Pope Pontian
Pontian (or Pontianus), was pope from 230 to 235.
It is unknown for how long he stayed in the exile, but according to Liber Pontificalis he died due to the inhuman treatment he received in the Sardinian mines.
His remains were brought to Rome by Pope Fabian and burried in the Catacomb of Callistus.
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 Pope St. Fabian
While the names of several illustrious and noble persons were being considered, a dove suddenly descended upon the head of Fabian, of whom no one had even thought.
To the assembled brethren the sight recalled the Gospel scene of the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Saviour of mankind, and so, divinely inspired, as it were, they chose Fabian with joyous unanimity and placed him in the Chair of Peter.
He caused the body of Pope St. Pontianus to be exhumed, in Sardinia, and transferred to the catacomb of St. Callistus at Rome.
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 History of the Popes
For the early popes the main written source is the "Liber Pontificalis." This account of the lives of the popes was begun probably early in the sixth century while the Ostrogoths ruled Italy.
Pope Sylvester sent two legates to represent him Vitus and Vincentius, and it seems that it was the Pope who suggested the term consubstantial to describe the relation of Christ's nature to the Father.
The pallium is a vestment of white wool which a pope wears as a symbol of the fullness of his apostolic power and an archbishop wears as a symbol of his participation in that power.
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 Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : January 20, 2006 : Fabian; Sebastian
Fabian and St. Sebastian have always been venerated together, and their names were coupled in the ancient martyrologies, as they are still in the Litany of Saints.
Fabian, a Roman, was as energetic as he was admired and respected.
Pope Fabian's two special interests were the poor and the liturgy.
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 Pope Cornelius
Pope Fabian had made seven regions; it appears that each had one deacon, one subdeacon and six acolytes.
Merrati has shown that in the true text the letters of Cornelius are in the colloquial "vulgar-Latin" of the day, and not in the more classical style affected by the ex-orator Cyprian and the learned philosopher Novatian.
Cornelius was not buried in the chapel of the popes, but in an adjoining catacomb, perhaps that of a branch of the noble Cornelii.
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 The Christian Catacombs of Rome - Finding out more
Stephen was buried in the Crypt of the Popes in the catacombs of Callixtus.
Pope Damasus, in a poem dedicated to him, records the "tempora quo gladio secuti pia viscera matris - in the times when the sword of the persecutor struck the flesh of the Mother (Church)".
The soldiers of the cruel tyrant surprised the pope while he was proclaiming holy scripture to the faithful and the pontiff, to save his people whom he wanted to defend, offered his head to the sword of the executioner.
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 The Catacombs of Saint Callixtus - The Crypt of the Popes
The Catacombs of Saint Callixtus - The Crypt of the Popes
Fabian (236-250) was a Roman and was elected pope on the death of St. Antherus.
In the 4th century this burial place was transformed by pope Damasus into a small underground church; the walls were decorated with marbles; in the roof two skylights were opened; an altar was placed in front of the marble slab; two spiral columns rested on high basis which still remain in place.
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 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Fabian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Fabian, Saint, pope (236-50), a Roman; successor of St. Anterus and predecessor of St. Cornelius.
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 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: The Pope
pope to interfere in the government of a diocese already subject to a legitimate and orthodox bishop were inadequate.
pope's office of supreme teacher are closely connected his rights in regard to the worship of God: for it is the law of prayer that fixes the law of belief.
pope is distinguished by the use of the tiara or triple crown.
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 ST. PONTIAN   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
This priest, it may be remembered, had been so disgusted with Pope Calixtus and his edict of mercy that he had revolted and set himself up as antipope.
He made a good end, dying a confessor of Christ, and it is touching that down to this day, the Church celebrates the feast of St. Pontian, the Pope, and St. Hippolytus, once antipope, on the same day, November 19.
Pope Fabian brought his body back to Rome and buried him in the Cemetery of Calixtus.
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 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Creations of Cardinals of the II to V Century
Later, in 160, Pope St. Pius I (142 or 146-157 or 161), annexed an oratory to it and assigned it to his friend Pastore, from whom he got the name of S. Pastore, which was later replaced by S. Pudenziana.
During the pontificate of Pope St. Gregory I (590-604), it became a deaconry in the XII Region of Rome.
Thus were: St. Callistus I, elected Pope in 221; St. Stephen I, elected in 254; St. Sixtus II, elected in 260; St. Caius (or Gaius), elected in 283; St. Julius I, elected in 337; St. Liberius, elected in 352; St. Innocent I, elected in 402; St. Celestine I, elected in 423.
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 SAINT CORNELIUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Pope Cornelius reigned as Pope from 251 to 253.
Pope Cornelius agreed with St. Cyprian, the bishop of Carthage, that these lapsed Catholics should be allowed to repent and be readmitted into the Catholic faith.
Pope Cornelius faced strong opposition from Novatian, who was considered to be the first antipope in the Catholic Church.
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 Fabian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The dove, according to Eusebius, "settled on [Fabian's] head as clear imitation of the descent of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove upon the Savior." There must have been something of the Holy Spirit working because everyone suddenly proclaimed Fabian as "worthy" to be pope and this stranger was elected.
In this era of peace, Fabian was able to build up the structure of the Church of Rome, appointing seven deacons and helping to collect the acts of the martyrs.
Pope Saint Fabian, it's so easy to believe that peace means a life without conflict or suffering.
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 Pope John Paul the most revered human being on earth popejohnpaul.com
The eleven Messages addressed to the world by Pope Paul VI progressively mapped out the path to be followed in attaining the ideal of peace.
Especially in more recent times the Popes have not hesitated to stress the importance of international law as a pledge of peace, in the conviction that "the harvest of justice is sown in peace by those who make peace" (Jas 3:18).
This is the path which the Church, employing the means proper to her, is committed to following, in the perennial light of the Gospel and with the indispensable help of prayer.
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 Crypt of the Popes - CIC
Pope Fabian had his remains brought back to Rome and laid within the crypt.
In the fourth century, Pope Damasus dedicated the crypt as a chapel commemorating the holy martyrs that were buried there.
Pope Fabian for example, suffered martyrdom in the year 250 during the persecutions of the emperor Decius.
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 Fabian - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This was the name given to freed (emancipated) slaves which originally belonged to a Roman family with the family (gens=clan) name Fabius, that derived from the Latin faba for the broad bean, an important food crop in the Roman Empire.
Pope Fabian (died 250), Pope from 236 to 250
Fabian Imre, Hungarian composer (Family name: Fabian, as in Hungary family names are put in front).
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 The Vatican Bank
In 533, John II became the first pope to change his name, but the practice did not become general until 1009, when a man named Peter was elected pope and changed his name to Sergius IV.
Scriptural "proof" for the primacy of the pope is Matthew 16:18-19.
Stephen VI was the Pope who presided at the trial and condemnation of the decaying and disinterred body of Pope Formosus, who had died in AD 896.
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 Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : September 16, 2006 : Cornelius and Cyprian
Cornelius, a Roman, was the twenty-first Pope during the reign of the Emperor Gallus and Volusian.
Pope Cornelius (251-253) was the successor to Pope Fabian.
At the time of Pope Cornelius there were at Rome forty-six priests, seven deacons, seven subdeacons, forty-two acolytes, fifty-two clerics and more than five hundred widows who were supported by the Church (according to Cornelius' letter to Bishop Fabian of Antioch).
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 St. Pachomius Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
During his tenure, he organized the church of Rome into seven regions, each of which was the charge of a deacon.
Fabian ordained Novation and founded churches in France.
Some epistles and decrees ascribed to St. Fabian are part of the False Decretals.
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 January 20 Liturgy: (jan20lit.htm)
Fabian was born in Rome and elected Pope on January 10, 236.
Fabian openly appointed bishops throughout Rome and was ready to expand when Decius succeeded Philip.
On January 20, 250 Fabian was arrested and and became the first to die as an example to all Christians.
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 The Council of Nicaea 325 AD WAS a Catholic Council
Pope Sylvester sent two presbyters to the Council and there is no proof they had authority to confirm anything.
Regarding Pope Sylvester’s (314-335) not leaving Rome ot attend the Council of Nicaea, it should eb brne in mind that the Pope likewise did not attend the Council of Arles (314), thinking it improper for him to leave Rome.
Response 5: Pope Liberius (352-366), imprisoned by Emperor Constantius and threatened with torture, condemned the great defender of orthodoxy against Arianism, St. Athanasius (the issue of papal infallibility was not involvd as this charism does not extend to judgments on individuals) but refused to sign the clearly Arian Second Formulary of Sirmium.
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 Alexander Pope & Essay on Man Discussion Deck
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 January 20: Martyrdom of Bishop Fabian under Decius
That Fabian was bishop at all is curious.
When Bishop Anteras died in 236, Fabian was a farmer who came to Rome to observe the choice of a successor.
Fabian was immediately chosen for the vacant position.
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