Early life Little is known of his life antecedent to his election. He was married and his wife died before he became pope. The Liber Pontificalis calls him a Roman and the son of the presbyter Iocundus or Jocundus. He is believed to have been ordained by Pope Damasus I (366–384) and to have served as representative of Innocent I at Constantinople (c. 405).
Early life Little is known of his life antecedent to his election. He was married and his wife died before he became pope. The Liber Pontificalis calls him a Roman and the son of the presbyter Iocundus or Jocundus. He is believed to have been ordained by Pope Damasus I (366–384) and to have served as representative of Innocent I at Constantinople (c. 405).