Pope Soter [SEP] date of death
Pope Soter
Pope Soter (; died c. 174) was the Bishop of Rome from c. 167 to his death c. 174. According to the "Annuario Pontificio", the dates may have ranged from 162–168 to 170–177. He was born in Fondi, Campania, today Lazio region, Italy. Soter is known for declaring that marriage was valid only as a sacrament blessed by a priest and also for formally inaugurating Easter as an annual festival in Rome.
His name, from Greek Σωτήριος from σωτήρ "saviour", would
Dionysius, Bishop of Corinth
Saint Dionysius was the bishop of Corinth in about the year 171. His feast day is commemorated on April 8.
Date.
The date is established by the fact that he wrote to Pope St Soter. Eusebius in his "Chronicle" placed his "floruit" in the eleventh year of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (171). When Hegesippus was at Corinth in the time of Pope Anicetus, Primus was bishop (about 150-5), while Bacchyllus was Bishop of Corinth at