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Pope Hyginus, Bishop of Rome (born 74)
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AD 140
Calendar year
Year 140 (CXL) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Hadrianus and Caesar. The denomination 140 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Pope Hyginus
Head of the Catholic Church from c. 138 to c. 142
Pope Hyginus was the bishop of Rome from c. 138 to his death in c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)