Pope Anterus

Anterus became bishop of Rome on 21 November 235, stepping into a role that was as dangerous as it was sacred. The empire was no friend to the church, and his tenure would be measured not in years but in weeks. He died on 3 January 236, forty-three days after he began. What he did in that sliver of time, or what happened to him, the record doesn't say. He is remembered mostly for how brief the window was.