Pope Stephen I
Stephen I,
pope (about
254 to
257). He withdrew from church fellowship with
Cyprian and certain bishops of the Roman province of Asia on account of their views as to the necessity of rebaptizing
heretics for readmission to
communion. He is also mentioned as having insisted on the restoration of the bishops of
León and
Astorga, who had been deposed for unfaithfulness during persecution but afterwards had repented. He is commemorated on
August 1.