Pope Callixtus I

Pope Saint Callixtus I or Callistus I (217-222 C.E.) was the sixteenth Pope, the official title is the Bishop of Rome of the Catholic Church, during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. He is considered a saint of the Roman Catholic Church.

Pope Saint Callixtus I
Papacy began	c. 218
Papacy ended	c. 222
Predecessor	Zephyrinus
Successor	Urban I
Personal details
Born	Callixtus or Callistus
Died	222 Rome[1]
Sainthood
Feast day	14 October
Patronage	Cemetery workers[2]
Other popes named Callixtus

He was a slave of a Christian who had educated him. He went into business but the business failed. After some trouble, he was sent to the mines in Sardinia but was freed due to the efforts of Pope Victor I. Callistus went to work for Pope Zephrynus and became a great influence upon him.^[3]

He was a very unpopular pope to the theologians of the day.^[4]

His tomb was discovered in 1960 in the cemetary of Calepodius and can be seen even today. His feast day is celebrated on October 14.^[4]