Pope Stephen I

Pope Stephen I, bishop of Rome from bout 254 to 257, followed [Lucius I]?. He withdrew from church fellowship with Cyprian and certain Asiatic bishops on account of their views as to the necessity of rebabaptizing heretics. He is also mentioned as having insisted on the restoration of the bishops of Leon and Astorga, who had been deposed for unfaithfulness during persecution but afterwards had repented. He is commemorated on August I. His successor was Sixtus II

from the 9th edition (1887) of an unnamed encyclopedia.