Cornelius the Bishop

Cornelius, bishop of Rome, to whom eight letters of Cyprian survive, wrote a letter to Fabius, bishop of the church at Antioch, On the Councils of Rome, Italy and Africa; another On Novatian and Those Who Had Fallen from the Faith; a third On the Acts of the Council; and a fourth, very long one to the same Fabius, setting out the causes of the Novatian heresy and pronouncing an anathema on it. He ruled the church for two years under Gallus and Volusian. He received the crown of martyrdom for Christ and was succeeded by Lucius. [a]