Pope Sixtus I ( Greek : Σίξτος), also spelled Xystus , a Roman of Greek descent, was the bishop of Rome from c. 117 or 119 to his death c. 126 or 128. He succeeded Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Telesphorus . His feast is celebrated on 6 April.
10-981: Saint Sixtus (or San Sisto in Italian) may refer to the following: People [ edit ] Pope Sixtus I (d. 128) Pope Sixtus II (d. 258), martyr Pope Sixtus III (d. 440) Sixtus of Reims (d.c. 300), first bishop of Reims Places [ edit ] Italy [ edit ] San Sisto, Piacenza , church in Piacenza San Sisto, Pisa , church in Pisa San Sisto Vecchio , church in Rome San Sisto, Viterbo , church in Lazio San Sisto (Genoa) , church in Genoa San Sisto al Pino , village in
20-545: A valuable work of universal history , if only for the example which it gave to such later chroniclers as Prosper of Aquitaine , Cassiodorus , and Victor of Tunnuna to continue his annals. In conformity with the Chronicon of Eusebius (early 4th century), Jerome dated Creation to 5201 BC. The Chronicle includes a chronology of the events of Greek mythology , based on the work of Hellenistic scholars such as Apollodorus , Diodorus Siculus , and Eusebius . While many of
30-717: The Liberian Catalogue of popes, he served the Church during the reign of Hadrian "from the consulate of Niger and Apronianus until that of Verus III and Ambibulus", that is, from 117 to 126. Eusebius states in his Historia Ecclesiastica that Sixtus I reigned from 119 to 128, which is repeated in the Latin translation of his Chronicon . However, the Armenian translation dates Telesphorus’ accession to 124. Eusebius himself begins to show internal inconsitencies for
40-413: The chronology of this period; Richard Adelbert Lipsius compares the available sources and asserts that Sixtus died between around 125, after a tenure of 10 years. Like most of his predecessors, Sixtus I was believed to have been buried near Peter 's grave on Vatican Hill , although there are differing traditions concerning where his body lies today. In Alife , there is a Romanesque crypt, which houses
50-469: The earlier sections contain legendary characters and events that are not necessarily historically factual, there may be scattered remnants of historical events of late Mycenean Greece from entries of the 12th century BC. (See the historicity of the Iliad . Notably, Jerome's date for the capture of Troy of 1183 BC corresponds remarkably well with the destruction layer of Troy VIIa , the main candidate for
60-428: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint_Sixtus&oldid=1108442817 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Title and name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pope Sixtus I Older sources use
70-470: The province of Pisa Belgium [ edit ] St. Sixtus' Abbey , Westvleteren, West Flanders Australia [ edit ] San Sisto College , Brisbane See also [ edit ] Sixtus (disambiguation) Saint-Sixte (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Saint Sixtus . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
80-757: The relics of Pope Sixtus I, brought there by Rainulf III . Alban Butler ( Lives of the Saints , 6 April) states that Clement X gave some of his relics to Cardinal de Retz , who placed them in the Abbey of Saint Michael in Lorraine . Sixtus I instituted several Catholic liturgical and administrative traditions. According to the Liber Pontificalis (ed. Duchesne, I.128), he passed the following three ordinances: Chronicon (Jerome) The Chronicon ( Chronicle ) or Temporum liber ( Book of Times )
90-599: The spelling Xystus (from the Greek ξυστός, xystos , "shaved") in reference to the first three popes of that name. Pope Sixtus I was also the sixth Pope after Peter , leading to questions as to whether the name "Sixtus" is derived from sextus , Latin for "sixth". The "Xystus" mentioned in the Catholic Canon of the Mass is Xystus II , not Xystus I. All authorities agree that he reigned about ten years. According to
100-534: Was a universal chronicle written by Jerome . It was one of his earliest attempts at history. It was composed c. 380 in Constantinople ; this is a translation into Latin of the chronological tables which compose the second part of the Chronicon of Eusebius , with a supplement covering the period from 325 to 379. Despite numerous errors taken from Eusebius, and some of his own, Jerome produced
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