(156.)
Of this Pope, who succeeded S. Telesphorus, little is known. Eusebius
informs us that he sat four years in the chair of S. Peter. He brought
the church in Rome into more complete organization than heretofore,
taking advantage of the repose after persecution, enjoyed under the mild
Emperor Antoninus Pius. He is said to have been a Greek, and to have
been educated in philosophy. In his reign the heretics Cerdo and
Valentine came to Rome.