Pope St. Anacletus (Cletus) (76-88) followed Linus.

There has never been a Hebrew pope. However, there is a legend about a Christian Pope who might have had Jewish ancestry. This legend is sometimes associated with Antipope Anacletus II or with Pope Alexander III.

The first two successors of St. Peter as the head of the Universal Church were St. Linus, who served as pope from around 67 to 76 AD, and St. Anacletus (or St. Cletus), who served as pope from around 76 to 88 AD.

Catholic tradition is uncertain on the spelling: Cletusor Anacletus, because the earliest traditions of church leadership were oral only. In fact, Francis A. Sullivan SJ (From Apostles to Bishops) says that most scholars are of the opinion that, in spite of these traditions, the early church of Rome was led by a group of presbyters, and that bishops were not appointed to the church in Rome until later in the second century. In other words, there can have been no Pope Linus, nor either a Pope Cletus or Pope Anacletus, although it is just possible there was a presbyter with a name similar to one of these