Elefterie al Romei

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Cel întru sfinți părintele nostru Elefterie al Romei, a fost papă al Romei între anii 174 și 189. Prăznuirea lui în Biserica Ortodoxă se face la 26 mai.

Viața

Se cunosc puține lucruri despre viața sfântului Elefterie. Of Greek background, his name is Greek for "frank, honest, free spirited". He was born in the Nicopolis in Epirus. He was a diacon in the Biserica Romei under Bishops Anicetus and Soter of Rome.

Chosen to succeed Bp. Soter, Eleutherius is remembered mainly for his relations with the Montanist movement. As Orthodox Christian theology was still being defined at the time, its nature did not diverge so much from the orthodoxy of the time for it to be initially labeled erezie. When the Church took a firm stand against Montanism is uncertain. While some conciliatory letters to the Montanists were sent by a Roman bishop, possibly Bp. Eleutherius, these letters were later recalled according to Tertulian. The authenticity of an edict, ascribed to Bp. Eleutherius, against the Gnostics and Montanists by the Roman Liber Pontificalis has been questioned as a later edit of the "Liber".

Also, another dubious assertion of the Liber Pontificalis, possibly made by the same editor of the "Liber", is that Bp. Eleutherius had received a letter from a British king named Lucius in which the king declared that he wanted to become a Christian.

The Liber Pontificalis identifies 24 mai as the day of his repose, probably in the year 189. His was buried on the Vatican Hill. Later tradition has his body moved to the church of San Giovanni della Pigna, near the Roman pantheon. In 1591, his remains were again moved to the church of Santa Susanna at the request of Camilla Peretti, the sister of Pope Sixtus V.

Casetă de succesiune: Elefterie al Romei
Precedat de: Soter	Episcop al Romei 174 - 189	Urmat de: Victor I

Surse

• Catholic Encyclopedia: Pope St. Eleutherius (Eleutheros)
• Wikipedia: Pope_Eleuterus
• St. Eleutherius
• http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Pope_Eleuterus Pope_Eleuterus]
• http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintse.htm Eleutherius May 26]