Pope Saint Hyginus

detail of a statue of Pope Saint Hyginus; date unknown, artist unknown; portico of Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City, Rome, Italy; photographed in May 2006 by Bocachete; swiped from Wikimedia Commons Also known as

Higinio
Hygin
Igino

Memorial

11 January

Profile

Pope during a period of relative peace with no official persecutions of the early Church, but was forced to deal with with a series of heretic sects and preachers regularly popping up.

Born

Athens, Greece

Papal Ascension

c.138

Died

142 in Rome, Italy
often listed as a martyr since so many of the early popes were, but there is no evidence of it for Hyginus
buried on Vatican Hill near the tomb of Saint Peter the Apostle

Canonized