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Our father among the [[saint]]s '''Cornelius of Rome''' was the Bishop of Rome during the mid-third century. He contended with the anti-pope [[Novatian]]. His [[feast day]] is [[September 16]].
==Life==
Several weeks later a Roman [[priest]] Novatian had himself elected as the Bishop of Rome, a position now considered as an antipope, Bp. Cornelius was backed with the support of Bp. [[Cyprian of Carthage]] and the Church of Africa, [[Dionysius of Alexandria]], and a local [[synod]] of sixty bishops of Italy.
Cornelius sanctioned the measures proposed by Bp. [[Cyprian of Carthage]] and his [[Councils of Carthage|council of 251]] for the restoration to communion of those who had fallen during the Decian persecution after varying forms of [[penance]].
As the year 252 began a new persecution began that resulted in the exile of Bp. Cornelius to Centumcellæ (Civita Vecchia). In June 253, Bp. Cornelius died a [[martyr]], as he was repeatedly referred to by St. Cyprian. He was buried in the catacomb adjoining the [[chapel]] of the popes in the cemetery of Callistus.
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==Sources==
*[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04375c.htm Pope Cornelius]
*[http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/saintsc.htm Cornelius]
[[Category: Popes of Rome]]
[[Category: 3rd-century bishops]]
[[Category:3rd-century saints]]
