The '''Church of Rome''' was part of the ancient [[Pentarchy]] and the only apostolic [[see]] founded in the West. Until roughly 1054, the usual center-point for the [[Great Schism]], the whole Church of Rome was in [[full communion ]] with the bishop rest of Rome who sat as first in the [[PentarchyOrthodox Church]]. The Church in Rome was founded by Sts[[Apostle Paul|St. Peter and Paul]]. This is clear to any reader of the Acts of the Apostles and the Epistle of St. Paul to the Romans. [[Apostle Linus|St. Linus]] (+ c. 78), is the first bishop (pope) and a martyr. A disciple of the Apostle Paul, he was consecrated by him. One of the [[Apostles#The_Seventy|Seventy Apostles]], he is mentioned in 2 Timothy 4, 21. He was the bishop for about twelve years and may have been martyred.