Christian feast day: Pope Marcellus I

Pope Marcellus I

Head of the Catholic Church from 308 to 309

Pope Marcellus I was the bishop of Rome from May or June 308 to his death on 16 January 309. He succeeded Marcellinus after a considerable interval. Under Maxentius, he was banished from Rome in 309, on account of the tumult caused by the severity of the penances he had imposed…