ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY Saints celebrated on the 3rd January WELCOME! SAINT ANTHERUS, POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Saint Antherus (Anteros) reigned November 21, 235 to January 3, 236). We know for certain only that he reigned some forty days, and that he was buried in the famous "papal crypt" of the cemetery of Saint Calixtus at Rome. HE WAS MARTYRED The "Liber Pontificalis" says that he was martyred for having caused the Acts of the martyrs to be collected by notaries and deposited in the archives of the Roman Church. This tradition seems old and respectable; nevertheless the best scholars maintain that it is not sufficiently guaranteed by its sole voucher, the "Liber Pontificalis", on account, among other things, of the late date of that work’s compilation. THE PREVALENCE OF GREEK IN THE EARLY CHURCH The site of his sepulchre was discovered by De Rossi in 1854, with some broken remnants of the Greek epitaph engraved on the narrow oblong sla...