Pope Hyginus
Pope and Bishop of Rome from c.138 to c.142 · Religious Figures · Died 142
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Something wrong?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.
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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.
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