# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-hyginus
# Generated: 2026-09-01T04:29:37.779Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/pope-hyginus"
name: "Pope Hyginus"
slug: "pope-hyginus"
description: "A second-century bishop of Rome who, according to tradition, set the template: godparents at the font, ranked clergy, consecrated buildings — the scaffolding of institutional Christianity."
tagline: "Pope and Bishop of Rome from c.138 to c.142"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Pope_Hyginus_in_St_Paul.gif"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Religious Figures"
  slug: "religious-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Religious Figure"
  slug: "religious-figure"
deathDate: "142"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           62.29
  momentum:             2.193995381062356
  historical:           22.212184
  currentAttention:     12.1888632281242
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 123
tags:
  - name: "Religious Figures"
    slug: "religious-figures"
  - name: "Religious Figure"
    slug: "religious-figure"
  - name: "Religion"
    slug: "religion"
  - name: "Ancient History"
    slug: "ancient-history"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Hyginus"
    title: "Wikipedia"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80604"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Hyginus"
    title: "Pantheon 2.0"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyginus_(Bischof_von_Rom)"
    title: "Hyginus (Bischof von Rom)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hichinio"
    title: "Hichinio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "إيجينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3"
    title: "القديس هايجينوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Hixiniu"
    title: "Papa Hixiniu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Higinio"
    title: "Papa Higinio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)"
    title: "Гігін (папа рымскі)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D1%96%D0%B3%D1%96%D0%BD_(%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96)"
    title: "Гігін (Папа Рымскі)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0)"
    title: "Хигин (папа)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyginus_(pab)"
    title: "Hyginus (pab)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Hyginus"
    title: "Gáu-huòng Hyginus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higinio_(papa)"
    title: "Higinio (papa)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%BE%DB%8C%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%86%DB%86%D8%B3"
    title: "ھیجینۆس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyginus"
    title: "Hyginus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Hyginus"
    title: "Pave Hyginus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyginus_(Bischof_von_Rom)"
    title: "Hyginus (Bischof von Rom)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyginus"
    title: "Hyginus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A5%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BD%CE%BF%CF%82"
    title: "Πάπας Υγίνος"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higeno_(papo)"
    title: "Higeno (papo)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higinio"
    title: "Higinio"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyginus"
    title: "Hyginus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higino_(Aita_santua)"
    title: "Higino (Aita santua)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Higini"
    title: "Papa Higini"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Higinus"
    title: "Pous Higinus"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Hyginus led the church in Rome from around 138 until his death near 142. During those years, he's credited with codifying much of early Christian structure: he assigned ranks and duties to the clergy, required that churches be formally consecrated, and introduced the practice of baptismal sponsors — godparents — to guide the newly baptized through their lives in the faith. Later accounts call him a martyr, though no contemporary evidence confirms it. The dating of Rome's earliest bishops remains uncertain, their reigns sketched more in tradition than hard record.