Editing Pope Pontian (section)

==Veneration==
[[Pope Fabian]] had the bodies of both Pontian and Hippolytus brought back to Rome in 236 or 237, and had Pontian buried in the papal crypt in the [[Catacomb of Callixtus]] on the [[Appian Way]].<ref name=SHMI /><ref>McBrien, ''Lives of the Popes'', 45.</ref> The slab covering his tomb was discovered in 1909. On it is inscribed in [[Greek language|Greek]]: {{lang|el|Ποντιανός Επίσκ}} (''Pontianos Episk''; in English ''Pontianus Bish''). The inscription "{{lang|el|Μάρτυρ}}" (''[[Christian martyrs|martyr]]'') had been added in another hand.<ref name="ce"/>

In the Eastern Orthodox Church and the [[Mysterii Paschalis|General Roman Calendar of 1969]], Pontian and Hippolytus are commemorated jointly on 13 August.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.orthodoxengland.org.uk/stdaug.htm|title = Latin Saints of the Orthodox Patriarchate of Rome}}</ref><ref>''Calendarium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana 1969), p. 146</ref> In those Catholic communities which use a historical calendar such as the [[General Roman Calendar of 1960]], Pontian's [[feast day]] is celebrated on 19 November.<ref>''Catholic Encyclopedia''.</ref>

[[San Ponziano, Rome|San Ponziano]], a [[titular church]] in Rome, is named in his honour. Churches named for Pontian are also found in [[Spoleto]], [[Lucca]] and [[Carbonia, Sardinia]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Gr8rAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Ponziano%22+%22+|title=Le chiese di Roma: storie, leggende e curiosità degli edifici sacri della Città Eterna, dai templi pagani alle grandi basiliche, dai conventi ai monasteri ai luoghi di culto in periferia|first=Claudio|last=Rendina|year=2007|publisher=Newton Compton|isbn=978-8854109315|via=Google Books}}</ref>