1.0Christian Purehttps://christianpure.com/ptrich600338<p class="cppw-embed-teaser">[ad_1] Saint Pontian and Saint Hippolytus Feast date: Aug 13 St. Pontian became Pope in the year 230. Five years later, after Pope Urban I, he was exiled to the mines of the Italian island of Sardinia during a period of Christian persecution. There, he decided to resign from his papal office and died a martyr for the faith.Hippolytus was a priest and well-respected theologian in the early third century. But in 217 he rebelled against the Church when Callistus…</p>https://i0.wp.com/christianpure.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/1723557060_Pontian_13August.jpg?fit=900%2C500&ssl=1900500