Person
Pope Saint Eleuterus
Bishop of Rome
Pope Saint Eleuterus, or Eleutherius, is Bishop of Rome from about 174 to 189 (the Vatican cites 171 or 177 to 185 or 193).
He was born in Nicopolis in Epirus.
His name is Greek for free.
His contemporary Hegesippus writes that he was a deacon of the Roman Church under Pope Anicetus (c. 154–164), and remained so under Pope Soter, whom he succeeded in about 174.