Another List of the Consuls and Governors of _Rome_, from the Year 254. to 354. 3. A short Necrology of the Bishops of _Rome_, in which are marked, according to the Order of the Months, the Day on which each of them died, and the Place where he was buried. It begins with _Lucius_, and ends with _Julius_. In this List, _Sixtus_ II. and _Marcellus_ are omitted; the latter probably by a Mistake of the Transcriber, confounding him with his Predecessor _Marcellinus_; and the former, perhaps, because he is set down in the Calendar of Martyrs annexed to the Necrology. These Pieces, as well as the Pontifical, all end at the Year 354. whence Cardinal _Noris_[N4.5] and others are of Opinion, that they were written that Year. Footnote N4.1: Aurel. Vict. p. 518. Socr. l. 2. c. 28. Footnote N4.2: Bolland. Apr. t. 1. p. 22-24. Footnote N4.3: Bolland. ib. p. 3. n. 10. Footnote N4.4: Hier. de vir. illustr. c. 15. Footnote N4.5: Fast. consular. p. 23. ----- ----- Footnote 324: Bolland. April. t. 1. p. 25. Footnote 325: Ruf. in Hier. l. 2. p. 225. Footnote 326: Oros. l. 7. c. 19. Footnote 327: Vide Hallo. vit. Orig. p. 20. Footnote 328: Vide Boll. Apr. t. 1. p. 25. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MAXIMINUS. ANTERUS, _Eighteenth_ BISHOP _of_ Rome. [Sidenote: Year of Christ 235. ] _Anterus_, the Successor of _Pontianus_, presided only One Month and Ten Days, and died on the 3d of _January_ 236[329]. Some modern Writers place one _Cyriacus_ between him and _Pontianus_; but their Opinion, founded on the Authority of the fabulous Acts of St. _Ursula_, is sufficiently confuted by _Eusebius_[330], _Optatus_[331], St. _Augustin_[332], and _Nicephorus_[333], who all Name _Anterus_ as the immediate Successor of _Pontianus_. [Sidenote: Anterus _probably dies a Martyr_.] The Shortness of his Pontificate, and the cruel Persecution carried on by _Maximinus_, give us room to believe, that he died a Martyr, which Title is given him in the Martyrologies of St. _Jerom_ and _Bede_[334]. ----- Footnote 329: Boll. pont. p. 28-32. Footnote 330: Euseb. l. 6. c. 22. Footnote 331: Opt. contr. Par. l. 2. Footnote 332: Aug. eg. 165. Footnote 333: Niceph. chron. Footnote 334: Vide Flor. p. 995-997. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- MAXIMINUS, FABIANUS, PHILIP, GORDIAN, _Nineteenth_ BISHOP _of_ Rome DECIUS. [Sidenote: Year of Christ 236. ]