Pope St. Linus
?–76 CE · Volterra, Etruria
Linus is named by Irenaeus and later episcopal lists as the successor to Peter at Rome, making him traditionally the second pope. Almost nothing certain is known of him. He is plausibly the Linus greeted in the New Testament's Second Letter to Timothy, though the identification is not secure. The Liber Pontificalis—a much later, often legendary source—calls him an Italian from Tuscany and credits him with disciplinary decrees, but these details are historically doubtful. His historical importance lies chiefly in his place within the early Roman succession lists that undergird later claims of apostolic continuity.
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Volterra, Etruria
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About Volterra, Etruria
Volterra, an ancient Etruscan and Roman town (Etruria) in Tuscany, central Italy. It is associated with the origins of an early pope.
In the same place & time
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Across the traditions
- Seneca, Lucius Annaeus· Rome
- Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus· Rome
- Curtius Rufus, Quintus· Rome
- Pliny, the Elder· Rome
- Silius Italicus, Tiberius Catius· Rome
- Petronius Arbiter· Rome
- Berenice· Rome
- Musonius Rufus· Rome
- Quintilian· Rome
- Josephus· Rome
- Lucan· Rome
- Martial· Rome
- Valerius Flaccus, Gaius· Rome
- Statius, P. Papinius (Publius Papinius)· Rome
- Plutarch· Rome
- Epictetus· Rome
- Juvenal· Rome
- Tacitus, Cornelius· Rome
In the same tradition
Pope Peter the Apostle, Paul the Apostle, Pope St. Anacletus, Mark the Evangelist
The world in their lifetime
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