Editing Pope Telesphorus (section)

{{Short description|Head of the Catholic Church from c. 126 to c. 137}}
{{Other uses|Telesphorus (disambiguation)}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Pope
| honorific-prefix = [[Pope Saint]]
| name = Telesphorus
| title = [[Bishop of Rome]]
| church = [[Catholic Church]]
| image = Straubing, Karmelitenkirche 008.JPG
| term_start = c. 126
| term_end = c. 137
| predecessor = [[Pope Sixtus I|Sixtus I]]
| successor = [[Pope Hyginus|Hyginus]]
| birth_date = 
| birth_place = [[Thurii]] (today [[Terranova da Sibari]], [[Calabria]]), [[Roman Italy|Italy]], [[Roman Empire]]
| death_date = c. 137
| death_place = [[Rome]], [[Roman Italy|Italy]], [[Roman Empire]]
| feast_day = {{unbulleted list|5 January (Catholic)|[[January 5 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|5 January]] ([[Eastern Orthodox Church]]) and [[February 22 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)|22 February]] ([[Eastern churches]])}}
| venerated = {{unbulleted list|[[Catholic Church]]|[[Eastern Orthodox Church]]}}
| attributes = Papal vestments
| patronage = [[Carmelites]]
| caption = 14th century depiction of St. Telesphorus in the [[Carmelite]] [[Monastery]] of [[Straubing]] in [[Bavaria]]
}}
'''Pope Telesphorus''' ({{langx|el|Τελεσφόρος}}) was the [[bishop of Rome]] from {{circa}} 126 to his death {{circa}} 137, during the reigns of Roman Emperors [[Hadrian]] and [[Antoninus Pius]].

Telesphorus is traditionally considered as the eighth Bishop of Rome in succession after [[Saint Peter|Peter]].<ref name=Kirsch>[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14477b.htm Kirsch, Johann Peter. "Pope St. Telesphorus." The Catholic Encyclopedia] Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912 {{PD-notice}}</ref>