Editing Pope Lucius I (section)

==Veneration==
Lucius I's [[feast day]] is 5 March, on which date he is commemorated in the [[Roman Martyrology]] in the following terms: "In the cemetery of Callistus on the Via Appia, Rome, burial of Saint Lucius, Pope, successor of Saint Cornelius. For his faith in Christ he suffered exile and acted as an outstanding confessor of the faith, with moderation and prudence, in the difficult times that were his."<ref>Romae via Appia in coemeterio Callisti, depositio sancti Lucii, papae, qui, sancti Cornelii successor, pro Christi fide exsilium passus est et, fidei confessor eximius, in angustiis tempestatibus suis moderatione ac prudentia se gessit [''Martyrologium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2001 {{ISBN|978-88-209-7210-3}}), die 5 martii].</ref>

His feast did not appear in the [[Tridentine calendar]] of [[Pope Pius V]]. In 1602, it was inserted under the date of 4 March, into the [[General Roman Calendar]]. With the insertion in 1621 on the same date of the feast of [[Saint Casimir]], the celebration of Pope Lucius was reduced to a commemoration within Saint Casimir's [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]. In the [[Mysterii Paschalis|1969 revision]] Pope Lucius's feast was omitted from the General Roman Calendar, partly because of the baselessness of the title of "martyr" with which he had previously been honoured,<ref>Calendarium Romanum (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), pp. 88 and 118</ref> and was moved in the [[Roman Martyrology]] to the day of his death.

In spite of what is mistakenly stated in the ''[[Liber Pontificalis]]'', he did not in fact suffer martyrdom.<ref>[http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=711 St. Lucius I]; "There are no grounds for counting St Lucius among the martyrs, since he is listed in the ''Depositio Episcoporum''" [''Calendarium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 118]</ref> The persecution of [[Valerian (emperor)|Valerian]] in which he was said to have been martyred is known to have started later than March 254, when Pope Lucius died.