The Writings of Pope Saint Fabian

The collected writings of Pope Saint Fabian, with footnotes. Includes: Epistles (First, Second, and Third), Decrees, and Elucidations. A valuable look into early Christianity from a Church Father. Pope Saint Fabian was Pope, or Bishop of Rome, from January 236 to January 20, 250, succeeding Pope Anterus. Eusebius (Church History, VI. 29) relates how the Christians, having assembled in Rome to elect a new bishop, saw a dove alight upon the head of Fabian, a layman and stranger to the city, who was thus marked out for this dignity, and was at once proclaimed bishop by acclamation, although there were several famous men among the candidates for the vacant position. He is said to have baptized the Roman emperor Philip (Marcus Julius Philippus) and his son, to have done some building in the catacombs, to have improved the organization of the church in Rome, and to have appointed officials to register the deeds of the martyrs.