# Pope Pontian

> He was the first pope to resign — a choice made not from scandal or weakness, but from a prison island, to keep the Church from fracturing while he waited to die.

*Pope*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/pope-pontian

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Religious Figure
- **Category:** Religious Figures
- **Country:** Italy
- **Died:** 235
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Pontian became bishop of Rome on 21 July 230, leading a community still nursing an eighteen-year schism. Five years later, Emperor Maximinus Thrax began his persecution and Pontian was arrested, exiled to Sardinia — a death sentence dressed as exile. On 28 September 235, from that island, he abdicated, ensuring the Church could elect a successor without the paralysis of an absent, captive pope. The schism ended with his resignation. Some accounts say he was beaten to death within weeks of arrival. Both Catholic and Eastern Orthodox traditions venerate him as a saint.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 59.7 / 100
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- **Historical depth:** 22.2 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100
- **Category rank:** #222

## Topics
#Religious Figures, #Religious Figure, #Religion, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pontian)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q132113)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Pope%20Pontian)
- [بنطيانوس](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [القديس بونتيان](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Papa Poncianu](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Poncianu)
- [Пантыян (папа рымскі)](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%8F%D0%BD_(%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Панціян (Папа Рымскі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%86%D1%96%D1%8F%D0%BD_(%D0%9F%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%B0_%D0%A0%D1%8B%D0%BC%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Понтиан](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD)
- [Pontianus](https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontianus)
- [Papa Poncijan](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Poncijan)
- [Papa Poncià](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papa_Ponci%C3%A0)
- [Gáu-huòng Pontianus](https://cdo.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A1u-hu%C3%B2ng_Pontianus)
- [Ponciano](https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponciano)
- [پۆنتیان](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%DB%86%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Poncián](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponci%C3%A1n)
- [Pave Pontian](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pave_Pontian)
- [Pontianus](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontianus)
- [Pontianus](https://diq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontianus)
- [Πάπας Ποντιανός](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%80%CE%B1%CF%82_%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BD%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%B1%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82)
- [Pontiano](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontiano)
- [Ponciano](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponciano)
- [Pontianus](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontianus)
- [Pontziano](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontziano)
- [پاپ پونتیان](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%BE_%D9%BE%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AA%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86)
- [Pous Pontianus](https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pous_Pontianus)
- [Pontianus](https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontianus)

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