Pope Marcellus I

Pope Saint Marcellus I
Bishop of Rome
Sacristy ceiling fresco Gloria di San Marcello by Giovanni Battista Ciocchi, San Marcello al Corso, Rome, Italy
Church	Early Christianity
Papacy began	27 May 308
Papacy ended	16 January 309
Predecessor	Marcellinus
Successor	Eusebius
Personal details
Born	6 January 255 Rome, Roman Empire
Died	16 January 309 (aged 54) Rome, Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day	16 January
Other popes named Marcellus

Pope Marcellus I (6 January 255 – 16 January 309) was the bishop of Rome from May or June 308 to his death. He succeeded Marcellinus after a considerable interval. Under Maxentius, he was banished from Rome in 309, on account of the tumult caused by the severity of the penances he had imposed on Christians who had lapsed under the recent persecution. He died the same year, being succeeded by Eusebius.^[1] His relics are under the altar of San Marcello al Corso in Rome. Since 1969 his feast day, traditionally kept on 16 January by the Catholic Church, is left to local calendars and is no longer inscribed in the General Roman Calendar.