Saint Cornelius

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Saint Cornelius was a 3rd-century pope and Christian martyr venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church for his leadership during the persecution of Christians under the Roman Empire.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Saint Cornelius canonical 3
Cornelius of Rome 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 3rd-century pope
Catholic saint
Christian martyr
Pope
associatedWith Novatianist controversy
Roman Empire
burialPlace Catacomb of Callixtus
canonizationStatus pre-congregation saint
collaboratedWith Cyprian of Carthage
commemoratedIn Roman Martyrology
deathCause martyrdom
persecution under the Roman Empire
deathDate 253
deathPlace Civitavecchia
Rome
era 3rd century
feastDay 13 September (traditional Western calendar)
16 September
hasLatinName Cornelius
hasRole leader of Christians during persecution
honorificPrefix Saint
jurisdiction Roman Church
knownFor defending the readmission of lapsed Christians
opposing Novatian
languageOfName Latin
papacyEnd 253
papacyStart 251
papalOrdinalNumber 21
patronage earache sufferers
epilepsy
farm animals
persecutedBy Roman authorities
persecutedUnder Emperor Trebonianus Gallus
positionHeld Bishop of Rome
linked to: Pope
predecessor Pope Fabian
religion Christianity
religiousDenomination Catholic Church
successor Pope Lucius I
symbol horn
papal tiara
title Pope Cornelius
Saint Cornelius
typeOfMartyrdom confessor-martyr
veneratedIn Anglican Communion
Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Cornelius title Saint Cornelius
Novatianism hasKeyFigure Cornelius of Rome
linked to: Saint Cornelius
Novatianist churches wasCriticizedBy Cornelius of Rome
linked to: Saint Cornelius