The Ante-Nicene Church · AD 180–313
Eutychian of Rome
d. c. 283 · Bishop of Rome · Rome
The Ante-Nicene Church
Who Eutychian of Rome was
Bishop of Rome (275–283) in the calm decade under Aurelian’s successors. The early record gives little beyond his name and the note of his burial in the papal crypt of Callistus, where his name-stone — the last pope so buried — was recovered by de Rossi. The later attributions of martyrdom and liturgical decrees are unsupported. A quiet see between two storms. (Eusebius allots him “ten months”; the Liberian catalogue’s eight years underlies the dates here — a genuine source discrepancy, preserved unharmonized.)
Also listed in the bishops of Rome.
Common questions
When did Eutychian die?
Eutychian of Rome is dated d. c. 283 in the archive, which places Eutychian in the Ante-Nicene Church (AD 180–313). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.
Which early sources mention Eutychian?
Eutychian of Rome is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Eusebius of Caesarea and The chronographer of 354. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Where was Eutychian from?
The archive associates Eutychian of Rome with Rome.
Who were Eutychian’s contemporaries?
The archive links Eutychian of Rome to 2 other figures, including Felix I of Rome and Caius (Gaius) of Rome. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.
Primary-source mentions (2)
Every passage below is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.
Ecclesiastical History VII.32
c. AD 325…Felix, having held the episcopate five years, was succeeded by Eutychianus; and he, dying after ten months, left the church to Gaius, our contemporary.Eusebius of Caesarea · VII.32 · source text
Depositio episcoporum: 'Eutychiani in Callisti'
c. AD 354Eutychiani in Callisti — Eutychianus, in the cemetery of Callistus.The chronographer of 354 · Depositio episcoporum · source text
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People
Events in this lifetime
- AD 235 · Maximinus Thrax targets the clergy, AD 235
- AD 250 · The Decian persecution, AD 250
- AD 251 · The Novatianist schism, AD 251
- AD 257 · The Valerian persecution, AD 257
- AD 260 · Gallienus’ edict of toleration, AD 260
- AD 268 · Antioch deposes Paul of Samosata, AD 268
- AD 272 · Aurelian awards the Antioch church, AD 272
Place
Places served
The one place the sources put Eutychian.
- 1Rome