Editing Pope Linus (section)

{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from c. 68 to c. 80 AD}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Pope
| honorific-prefix = [[Pope Saint]]
| name = Linus
| title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
| term_start = {{circa}} AD 68
| term_end = {{circa}} AD 80
| predecessor = [[Saint Peter|Peter]]
| successor = [[Pope Anacletus|Anacletus]]
| ordained_by = [[Paul the Apostle]]
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Volterra]], [[Italy (Roman Empire)|Italy]], [[Roman Empire]]
| death_date = {{circa|AD 80}}
| death_place = [[Rome]], [[Italy (Roman Empire)|Italy]], [[Roman Empire]]
| buried = possibly [[Vatican Hill]]
| parents = Herculanus
| feast_day = 23 September
| venerated = All [[Christian denominations]] that venerate [[saint]]s
| canonized_date = [[Pre-Congregation]]
| attributes = [[Papal vestments]] and [[pallium]]
| patronage = [[#Patronage|Patronage list]]
| image = Menologion of Basil II - Patrobulus, Hermas, Linus, Caius, Philologus of 70 disciples (Portrait of Linus).jpg
| caption = 10th-century [[Byzantine art|Byzantine portrait]] of Linus from ''[[Menologion of Basil II]]'' in the [[Vatican Library]]
}}
'''Pope Linus''' ({{IPAc-en|audio=Pope Linus Pronunciation.ogg|ˈ|l|aɪ|n|ə|s}}; {{Langx|el|Λῖνος}}, ''Linos''; died {{circa}} AD 80) was the [[bishop of Rome]] from {{circa|lk=no}} AD 68 to his death in AD 80. He is generally regarded as the second Bishop of Rome, after [[Saint Peter|St. Peter]].  As with all the early popes, he was [[canonized]].

According to [[Irenaeus]], Linus is the same person as the one mentioned in the [[New Testament]].<ref name="kirsch">{{cite book|last=Kirsch|first=Johann Peter|author-link=Johann Peter Kirsch|chapter-url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09272b.htm|year=1910|chapter=Pope St. Linus|title=[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]|volume=9|location=New York, New York, USA|publisher=Robert Appleton Company}}</ref> Linus is mentioned in the [[valediction]] of the [[Second Epistle to Timothy]] (2{{nbsp}}Timothy 4:21) as being with [[Paul the Apostle]] in [[Rome]] near the end of Paul's life.