Papal History

Saint Symmachus, the Fifty-First Pope (Successors of Peter – Part 51)

Symmachus, who was a deacon, was approached to succeed Pope Anastasius II. He was elected on November 22nd, AD 498 as the Fifty-First Pope of the Catholic Church. However, a small group...

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Saint Damasus I, the Thirty-Seventh Pope (Successors of Peter – Part 37)

Saint Damasus I, who was elected as the thirty-seventh Pope of the Holy Church, advocated the infallibility of Peter's successor in the early Church and initiated the practice of honoring martyrs i...

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