Saint Hippolytus of Rome

Introductory Notice to Hippolytus Introductory Notice to Hippolytus- From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5, American edition. In the first half, reacting in horror to Vatican I, author A. Cleveland Coxe is at pains… Hippolytus, Bishop, Scholar, and Martyr Hippolytus, Bishop, Scholar, and Martyr- Suggests that he was bishop of Ostia rather than Rome, and accepts the tradition that he was martyred. St. Hippolytus of Rome St. Hippolytus of Rome- Presbyter, antipope, martyr, died about 236.