Pope Marcellus I
Marcellus I,
pope succeeded
Marcellinus, after a considerable interval, most probably in May
307; under
Maxentius he 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.
text from the 9th edition (1880s) of an unnameable encyclopedia