Marcellus I - Encyclopedia

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

MARCELLUS I. succeeded Marcellinus, after a considerable interval, most probably in May 308, under Maxentius. IIe was banished from Rome in 309 on account of the tumult caused by the severity of the penances he had imposed on Christians who had lapsed under the recent persecution. He died the same year, being succeeded by Eusebius. He is commemorated on the 16th of January.