ST. POPE LINUS; FEAST DAY SEPT. 23; WAS A NATIVE OF TUSCANY. HE SUCCEEDED ST. PETER AS POPE ABOUT THE YEAR 67. ST. IRENAEUS SAYS HE IS THE LINUS MENTIONED BY ST. PAUL IN THE SECOND LETTER TO TIMOTHY, CHAPTER 4, VERSE 21, AND THAT HE WAS CONSECRATED BISHOP BY ST. PAUL.
