ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN DECEMBER Saints celebrated on the 27th of December WELCOME! SAINT ZOSIMUS, POPE ⬅️ Saintly Popes - Index Pope Saint Zosimus' year of birth is unknown; he died December 27, 418. After the death of Pope Innocent I on March 12, 417, Zosimus was elected his successor. According to the "Liber Pontificalis" Zosimus was a Greek and his father's name was Abram. Harnack wished to deduce from this name that the family was of Jewish origin, but the statements of the "Liber Pontificalis" in respect to the families of the popes of this period cannot always be regarded as exact. HIS PREDECESSOR WAS POPE INNOCENT I. Nothing is known of the life of Zosimus before his elevation to the papal see. His consecration as Bishop of Rome took place on March 18, 417. The festival was attended by Patroclus, Bishop of Arles, who had been raised to that see in place of Bishop Hero, who had been forcibly and unjustly removed by the imperial general Constantine...