Pope Zephyrinus
Saint Zephyrinus,
pope, bishop of
Rome from about
198 to
217, succeeded
Pope Victor I. He is described as a man of little intelligence or
strength of character, and the somewhat important controversies on doctrine and
discipline that marked his pontificate are more appropriately associated with
the names of
Hippolytus and of
Callixtus, his principal adviser and afterwards his successor.
Zephyrinus died on December 20, 217.
from a 1911 encyclopedia