Editing Hippolytus of Rome (section)

== Feast days ==
In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], the [[feast day]] of St Hippolytus falls on 13 August, which is also the [[Conditional sentence|Apodosis]] of the [[Great feasts in the Eastern Orthodox Church|Feast]] of the [[Transfiguration of Jesus|Transfiguration]]. Because on the Apodosis the hymns of the Transfiguration are to be repeated, the feast of St. Hippolytus may be transferred to the day before or to some other convenient day. The Eastern Orthodox Church also celebrates the feast of ''"St Hippolytus Pope of Rome"'' on 30 January, who may or may not be the same individual.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

The [[Catholic Church]] celebrates St Hippolytus jointly with [[Pope Pontian|St Pontian]] on 13 August. The feast of Saint Hippolytus formerly celebrated on 22 August as one of the companions of Saint [[Symphorian and Timotheus|Timotheus]] was a duplicate of his 13 August feast and for that reason was deleted when the [[General Roman Calendar]] was [[Mysterii Paschalis]] (revised in 1969).<ref>''Calendarium Romanum'' (Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 1969), p. 135</ref> Earlier editions of the [[Roman Martyrology]] referred to the 22 August Hippolytus as [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Porto, Portugal|Bishop of Porto]]. The [[Catholic Encyclopedia]] sees this as "connected with the confusion regarding the Roman presbyter resulting from the Acts of the Martyrs of Porto. It has not been ascertained whether the memory of the latter was localized at Porto merely in connection with the legend in Prudentius, without further foundation, or whether a person named Hippolytus was really martyred at Porto, and afterwards confounded in legend with Hippolytus of Rome."<ref name="Kirsch">{{Cite Catholic Encyclopedia |wstitle=Sts. Hippolytus |volume=13 |first=Johann Peter |last=Kirsch}}</ref> This opinion is shared by a Benedictine source.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0822.shtml |title=Saint of the Day, 22 August |access-date=22 July 2012 |archive-date=8 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110408130028/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0822.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Earlier editions of the Roman Martyrology also mentioned on 30 January a Hippolytus venerated at [[Antioch]], but the details were borrowed from the story of Hippolytus of Rome.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0130.shtml |title=Saint of the Day, 30 January |access-date=22 July 2012 |archive-date=25 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225123851/http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0130.shtml |url-status=dead}}</ref> Modern editions of the Martyrology omit mention of this supposed Saint Hippolytus of Antioch.