Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Pius I, pope (158-167). He is said to have been born at Aquileia and to have been the son of a certain Rufinus; it is added that he suffered martyrdom, but, although he is celebrated as a martyr in the Breviary, there seems no other evidence for this assertion. A few letters extant under his name are spurious. from the 9th edition (1885) of an unnamed encyclopedia. Preceded by: Pope Hyginus List of popes Succeeded by: Pope Anicetus This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.