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Pope Sixtus III was the bishop of Rome from 31 July 432 to his death on 18 August 440. His ascension to the papacy is associated with a period of increased construction in the city of Rome . His feast day is celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church and Eastern Orthodox Church on 28 March.
St Sixtus III SYXTVS Tertius: Rome, Italy, Roman Empire Roman citizen. 45 29 September 440 – 10 November 461 (21 years, 42 days) St Leo I "the Great" LEO MAGNVS: Etruria, Italia, Roman Empire Roman citizen. Convinced Attila the Hun to turn back his invasion of Italy.
Pope Sixtus I: 115 69 Pope Sixtus II: 257 70 Pope Sixtus III: 432 71 Pope Soter: 167 72 Pope Stephen I: 254 73 Pope Sylvester I: 314 74 Pope Symmachus: 498 75 Pope Telesphorus: 126 76 Pope Urban I: 222 77 Pope Victor I: 189 78 Pope Vitalian: 657 79 Pope Zachary: 741 80 Pope Zephyrinus: 199 81 Pope Zosimus: 417
Saint Sixtus (or San Sisto in Italian) may refer to ... Pope Sixtus I (d. 128) Pope Sixtus II (d. 258), martyr; Pope Sixtus III (d. 440) Sixtus of Reims (d.c. 300 ...
Sixtus is a Roman name, ... Pope Sixtus II (257–258) Pope Sixtus III (432–440) Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484) ... Saint Sixtus (disambiguation)
The façade contains four statues. The two upper statues representing Saint Dominic (1170–1221) and Saint Pope Sixtus II (r. 257–258) are by Marcantonio Canini. The two lower statues depict St. Thomas Aquinas and Saint Peter of Verona, were sculpted by Stefano Maderno. [2]
The feast commemorates the dedication by Pope Sixtus III of the rebuilt Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore just after the First Council of Ephesus. This major basilica, located on the summit of the Esquiline Hill in Rome, is called the Basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore ( Latin : Basilica Sanctae Mariae Maioris ) because it is the largest church in ...
This is an incomplete list of papal bulls, listed by the year in which each was issued.. The decrees of some papal bulls were often tied to the circumstances of time and place, and may have been adjusted, attenuated, or abrogated by subsequent popes as situations changed.