Hyginus (feast day: January 11) was Pope from about 138 to about 140. He was born in Athens, Greece. During his papacy, he determined the different prerogarives of the clergy, and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy. Hyginus instituted godparents at baptism to assist the newly born during their Christian life. He also decreed that all churches be consecrated. He died a martyr under the persecution of Antoninus. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search The pope is the Catholic Bishop and patriarch of Rome, and head of the Catholic Church. ... Events February 25 - Roman emperor Hadrian adopted Antoninus Pius on condition that Antonius would adopt Marcus Annius Aurelius Verus. ... Events Pope Pius I succeeded Pope Hyginus. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... Historically, a martyr is a person who dies for his or her religious faith. ... Marcus Aurelius Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus (April 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was Roman Emperor from 161 to his death in 180. ...
According to the "Liber Pontificalis", Hyginus was a Greek by birth.
Cerdo, another Gnostic and predecessor of Marcion, also lived at Rome in the reign of Hyginus; by confessing his errors and recanting he succeeded in obtaining readmission into the bosom of the Church, but eventually he fell back into the heresies and was expelled from the Church.
This general observation recurs also in the biography of Pope Hormisdas; it has no historical value, and according to Duchesne, the writer probably referred to the lower orders of the clergy.
The custom of having a godfather and a godmother at the baptismal font, which some have attributed to Hyginus, is stated by Novaes, on the authority of Tertullian, to have been in use prior to the reign of that pontiff.
Hyginus excommunicated Cerdon, the author of that heresy which afterwards was known as the Marcionite.
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