A Christian at Rome, whose salutation Paul sent to Timothy, 2Ti 4:21.

2Ti 4:21 put third, "Eubulus greeteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus"; therefore not yet bishop, but a Christian then at, Rome; afterward its bishop (Irenaeus, iii. 3, section 3; Eusebius, H. E. iii. 2). Irenaeus implies that Linus was made bishop by Paul and Peter before Peter's death; but the Scripture evidence is against Peter's having been at Rome at all, and certainly before Paul's death. Pearson fixes on A.D. 55-67 as the period of Linus' episcopate. Tertullian (Praescr. Haer. 32) asserts that Clement (third bishop) also was consecrated by Peter. The statements of the fathers are mutually conflicting and unsatisfactory.

One of the Christians at Rome from whom St. Paul sends greetings at the end of the Second Epistle to Timothy (2Ti 4:21). All writers agree that he is identical with the first Bishop of Rome. Thus Iren

Li'nus

Christian at Rome whose greetings were sent to Timothy by Paul. 2Ti 4:21.

Li'nus

(a net), a Christian at Rome, known to St. Paul and to Timothy,

2Ti 4:21

who was the first bishop of Rome after the apostles. (A.D. 64.)