Pope Saint Cornelius led the Church during the persecution of Decius and upheld, with Saint Cyprian of Carthage, the readmission of repentant apostates against the rigorist schism of Novatian. He died in exile and is honored as a martyr; his name is in the Roman Canon.

Pope Saint Cornelius, who reigned as Roman Pontiff from 251–253.

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