# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/pope-zephyrinus
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Born in Rome, Zephyrinus succeeded Victor I as bishop in 199, stepping into leadership when the faith was illegal and its theology still molten. His papacy became defined by the fight against heresies that threatened to split or dilute the church's understanding of Christ's nature — a battle over divinity that wasn't academic but existential. For eighteen years he held the line, backed by his principal advisor Callixtus, who would take the chair after him. Zephyrinus died on 20 December 217, leaving behind a church more doctrinally coherent than the one he inherited.