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Illustration of Pope Saint Eleuterus From The Book The Lives And Times of The Popes By Chevalier Artaud De Montor 1911
Illustration of Pope Saint Eleuterus From The Book The Lives And Times of The Popes By Chevalier Artaud De Montor 1911

Pope Saint Eleuterus

Also known as: Eleuterius; Eleutherius; Eleutheros

Saint
Pre-Congregation

Feast Day

May 26

Died

May 24, 189

Canonized

Pre-Congregation

Biography

Pope Saint Eleuterus, also known as Eleuterius, Eleutherius, or Eleutheros, was born in Nicopolis, Epirus, Greece. He was the son of Habundius, but not much is known about his early life. Eleuterus served as a deacon under Pope Anicetus and later under Pope Saint Soter....