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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Pope Pontian

200 - 235

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Pope Pontian (Latin: Pontianus; died October 235) was the bishop of Rome from 21 July 230 to 28 September 235. In 235, during the persecution of Christians in the reign of the Emperor Maximinus Thrax, Pontian was arrested and sent to the island of Sardinia. He abdicated to make the election of a new pope possible. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pope Pontian has received more than 392,743 page views. His biography is available in 76 different languages on Wikipedia. Pope Pontian is the 487th most popular religious figure (down from 395th in 2019), the 570th most popular biography from Italy (down from 471st in 2019) and the 214th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Pope Pontian is most famous for being the first pope to be martyred. He was martyred in Rome in the year 235.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Pope Pontian ranks 487 out of 2,238Before him are Saint Menas, Pope Sisinnius, Luigi Lucheni, Saint Sarah, Gregory Palamas, and Pope John VI. After him are Simon Magus, John Climacus, 13th Dalai Lama, Abbas ibn Ali, John Vianney, and Saint Rosalia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 200, Pope Pontian ranks 9Before him are Cyprian, Valerian, Pope Fabian, Pope Dionysius, Pope Cornelius, and Hua Tuo. After him are Athenaeus, Pope Stephen I, Celsus, Marcus Claudius Tacitus, Alexander of Aphrodisias, and Artemidorus. Among people deceased in 235, Pope Pontian ranks 3Before him are Severus Alexander and Cassius Dio. After him are Hippolytus of Rome, Julia Avita Mamaea, and Claudius Aelianus.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Pope Pontian ranks 570 out of 4,668Before him are Julia the Elder (-39), Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily (1782), Rudolph Valentino (1895), Ferdinando I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1549), Raffaella Carrà (1943), and Lucius Caesar (-17). After him are Alexander Farnese, Duke of Parma (1545), Berengar I of Italy (850), Livius Andronicus (-280), Giorgio Agamben (1942), Marcello Lippi (1948), and Saint Rosalia (1130).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Pope Pontian ranks 214Before him are Pope Stephen VIII (900), Beatrice Portinari (1265), Pope John XIV (1000), Dominic Savio (1842), Aloysius Gonzaga (1568), and Pope Leo VII (900). After him are Saint Rosalia (1130), Pope Soter (120), Pope Silverius (490), Pope Stephen I (200), Pope Miltiades (250), and Saint Eustace (10).