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About St. Pontian
d. 235 · Feast August 13 · Pope / Martyr
Pope from 230-235, Roman; deported with his rival the antipope-theologian St. Hippolytus to the mines of Sardinia under Maximinus Thrax. Resigned the papacy on deportation (a unique act in early papal history) and was reconciled with Hippolytus before both died of privation. Their bodies were brought back to Rome together by Pope Fabian. Pre-Congregation.
St. Pontian is the patron saint of Popes and Miners.
