Xystus I, Pope Saint

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• Pope Sixtus I — Infobox Pope English name=Sixtus I birth name=Sixtus or Xystus term start=117 or 119 term end=126 or 128 predecessor=Alexander I successor=Telesphorus birth date=??? birthplace=Rome, Italy dead=dead|death date=126 or 128 deathplace=Rome, Italy… …   Wikipedia

• Pope Sixtus II — Infobox Pope English name=Sixtus II birth name=Sixtus term start=August 30, 257 term end=August 6, 258 predecessor=Stephen I successor=Dionysius birth date=??? birthplace=Greece dead=dead|death date=death date|258|8|6|mf=y deathplace=Rome, Italy… …   Wikipedia

• Pope St. Sixtus II —     Pope St. Sixtus II     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope St. Sixtus II     (XYSTUS).     Elected 31 Aug., 257, martyred at Rome, 6 Aug., 258. His origin is unknown. The Liber Pontificalis says that he was a Greek by birth, but this is probably a …   Catholic encyclopedia

• pope —     The Pope     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope     (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633).     The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pope Dionysius of Alexandria — Martyrs Born late 2nd, early 3rd century Died November 17, 265 …   Wikipedia

• Sixtus III, Saint — ▪ pope also spelled  Xystus  born , Rome died Aug. 19, 440, feast day March 28       pope from 432 to 440.       A chief Roman priest when he succeeded Pope St. Celestine I on July 31, 432, Sixtus had previously been suspected of favouring… …   Universalium

• The Pope —     The Pope     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Pope     (Ecclesiastical Latin papa from Greek papas, a variant of pappas father, in classical Latin pappas Juvenal, Satires 6:633).     The title pope, once used with far greater latitude (see below …   Catholic encyclopedia

• General Roman Calendar as in 1954 — The following is a list of the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as it was in 1954. It thus incorporates changes that were made by Pope Pius XI (1922 1939), such as the institution of the Feast of Christ the King, but not those made in… …   Wikipedia

• General Roman Calendar of 1962 — This article lists the feast days of the General Roman Calendar as it was in 1962, following the reforms of Pope John XXIII introduced with his motu proprio [http://www.ecclesiacatholica.com/missale%20romanum/motu%20proprio%20rubricarum%20instruct… …   Wikipedia

• Sixtus II — Saint, died A.D. 258, pope 257 258. Also, Xystus II. * * * …   Universalium