Pope Linus

Pope Saint Linus
Bishop of Rome
18th century reliquary bust of St. Linus in the Augustiner Museum in Freiburg
Papacy began	c. AD 68
Papacy ended	c. AD 80
Predecessor	Peter
Successor	Anacletus
Orders
Ordination	by Paul the Apostle
Personal details
Born	Volterra, Italia, Roman Empire
Died	c. AD 80 Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
Buried	possibly Vatican Hill
Sainthood
Feast day	23 September
Venerated in	All Christian denominations that venerate saints
Canonized	Pre-Congregation
Attributes	Papal vestments and pallium
Patronage	Patronage list

Pope Linus (/ˈlaɪnəs/ ^ⓘ, Greek: Λῖνος, Linos; died c. AD 80) was the bishop of Rome from c. AD 68 to his death. He is generally regarded as the second Bishop of Rome, after 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.^[1] Linus is mentioned in the valediction of the Second Epistle to Timothy (2 Timothy 4:21) as being with Paul the Apostle in Rome near the end of Paul's life.