1. Born ca. 170
2. Spent most of life in Rome
3. Served as presbyter
4. Served as bishop for about seven years (222-23 to 230)
5. Split with Calixtus who was elected bishop in 230
6. Exiled to the mines of Sardinia in 235
7. Died in Sardinia or in Rome ca. 236
8. Buried on the road to Tivoli
9. Wrote many books
10. Known chiefly for Refutation of All Heresies which seeks to show that the heresies had their source in Greek philosophy and in paganism

Derived from Gospel Parallels, Ed. Burton H. Throckmorton, Jr., 1979, Thomas Nelson Publishers, Nashville