Pope Linus (English Wikipedia)

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Jerome, Chronicon, AD 68, 14th year of Nero (Oct. 67–Oct. 68): "After Peter, Linus first held the church of Rome for 11 years." Jerome's work is a translation of Eusebius' Chronicon, which actually uses a calendar that begins in 3 October, hence why Nero's accession is dated to 55 (instead of 54). See Burgess, R. W. (1999). Studies in Eusebian and Post-Eusebian Chronography. Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 22–24. ISBN 978-3-515-07530-5.
Loomis 2006, p. 6. Loomis, Louise Ropes (2006) [1917]. The Book of the Popes (Liber Pontificalis). Arx Publishing, LLC. ISBN 978-1-889758-86-2. (Ends with Pope Pelagius II, 579–90; English translation with scholarly footnotes and illustrations).

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Church History, 3.2
Apostolic Constitutions, 7.4
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, book VIII, chapter 34, note 3. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers edition, 1890. See also the extensive note in Book VIII, Chapter 2.
Eusebius, Ecclesiastical History, VIII, 13. "After Vespasian had reigned ten years Titus, his son, succeeded him. In the second year of his reign, Linus, who had been bishop of the church of Rome for twelve years, delivered his office to Anencletus."

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Kirsch, Johann Peter (1910). "Pope St. Linus". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York, New York, USA: Robert Appleton Company.
Irenaeus, Against Heresies, 3: 3.3
"Church Fathers: Homily 10 on Second Timothy (Chrysostom)".
"CHURCH FATHERS: The Prescription Against Heretics (Tertullian)".
"CHURCH FATHERS: De Viris Illustribus (Jerome)".

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2 Timothy 4:21

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"Post Petrum primus Ecclesiam Romanam tenuit Linus" (Chronicon, 14g (p. 267))
Optatus, of Milevis (1917). "Book 2.3". Against the Donatists. Translated by Vassall-Phillips, Oliver Rodie. pp. 57–119 – via Tertullian.org. To Peter succeeded Linus, to Linus succeeded Clement, to Clement Anacletus, to Anacletus Evaristus, to Evaristus Sixtus, to Sixtus Telesphorus, to Telesphorus Hyginus, to Hyginus Anacetus, to Anacetus Pius, to Pius Soter, to Soter Alexander, to Alexander Victor, to Victor Zephyrinus, to Zephyrinus Calixtus, to Calixtus Urban, to Urban Pontianus, to Pontianus Anterus, to Anterus Fabian, to Fabian Cornelius, to Cornelius Lucius, to Lucius Stephen, to Stephen Sixtus, to Sixtus Dionysius, to Dionysius Felix, to Felix Marcellinus, to Marcellinus Eusebius, to Eusebius Miltiades, to Miltiades Silvester, to Silvester Marcus, to Marcus Julius, to Julius Liberius, to Liberius Damasus, to Damasus Siricius, who to-day is our colleague, with whom 'the whole world,' through the intercourse of letters of peace, agrees with us in one bond of communion. Now do you show the origin of your Cathedra, you who wish to claim the Holy Church for yourselves!
The Chronography of 354 AD, Part 13: Bishops of Rome
Jerome, Chronicon, AD 68, 14th year of Nero (Oct. 67–Oct. 68): "After Peter, Linus first held the church of Rome for 11 years." Jerome's work is a translation of Eusebius' Chronicon, which actually uses a calendar that begins in 3 October, hence why Nero's accession is dated to 55 (instead of 54). See Burgess, R. W. (1999). Studies in Eusebian and Post-Eusebian Chronography. Franz Steiner Verlag. pp. 22–24. ISBN 978-3-515-07530-5.
Jerome, Chronicon, AD 80, 2nd year of Titus (Oct. 79–Oct. 80): "Cletus (also called Anencletus) is appointed second bishop of the Roman church for 12 years."
The Liberian Catalogue gives him a tenure of 12 years, while the Liber Pontificalis gives him 11 years. Both date it between the consulates of Q. Volusius Saturninus with P. Cornelius Scipio and that of L. Julius Rufus with Fonteius Capito, a tenure of 12 years if counted inclusively.

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Liber Pontificalis, 2
The Liberian Catalogue gives him a tenure of 12 years, while the Liber Pontificalis gives him 11 years. Both date it between the consulates of Q. Volusius Saturninus with P. Cornelius Scipio and that of L. Julius Rufus with Fonteius Capito, a tenure of 12 years if counted inclusively.

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