Hyginus
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Hyginus was a Pope and Bishop of Rome who served around 138-142 CE during the early Christian church. He is remembered as an important early church leader during a formative period in Christian history, though detailed records of his papacy are limited.
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Pope Hyginus (Greek: Υγίνος) was the bishop of Rome from c. 138 to his death in c. 142. Tradition holds that during his papacy he determined the various prerogatives of the clergy and defined the grades of the ecclesiastical hierarchy.
Hyginus instituted baptismal parents at baptism to assist the baptised during their Christian life. He also decreed that all churches be consecrated. He is said to have died a martyr, though no records verify this. The chronology of the early bishops of Rome cannot be determined with any degree of exactitude today.