Pope Sixtus I
- 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
other=Sixtus| infobox popestyles
papal name=Pope Sixtus I
dipstyle=His Holiness
offstyle=Your Holiness
relstyle=Holy Father
deathstyle=Saint |Pope Saint Sixtus I was
pope from about 117 or 119 to 126 or 128, succeedingPope Alexander I . In the oldest documents, Xystus is the spelling used for the first three popes of that name.The Vatican's "
Annuario Pontificio " (2003) identifies him as a Roman who reigned from 117 or 119 to 126 or 128.According to the "Liberian Catalogue " of popes, he ruled the Church during the reign ofHadrian "a consulatu Nigri et Aproniani usque Vero III et Ambibulo", that is, from 117 to 126.Eusebius states in his "Chronicon" that Sixtus I was pope from 114 to 124, while his "Historia Ecclesiastica", using a different catalogue of popes, claims his rule from 114 to 128. All authorities agree that he reigned about ten years.He was a Roman by birth, and his father's name was Pastor. According to the "
Liber Pontificalis " (ed. Duchesne, I.128), he passed the following three ordinances:
*that none but sacred ministers are allowed to touch the sacred vessels;
*that bishops who have been summoned to the Holy See shall, upon their return, not be received by their diocese except on presenting Apostolic letters;
*that after the Preface in the Mass the priest shall recite theSanctus with the people.The "Felician Catalogue" of popes and the various
martyrologies style him martyr.St.Irenaeus of Lyons , writing in the second century, says nothing of his martyrdom; his successor Telesphorus is the first pope afterSt. Peter whom Irenaeus designates a martyr.He was buried in the Vatican, beside the tomb of St. Peter. His relics are said to have been transferred to Alatri in 1132, though O. Jozzi ("Il corpo di S. Sisto I., papa e martire rivendicato alla basilica Vaticana", Rome, 1900) contends that they are still in the Vatican Basilica.
An image of Pope Saint Sixtus can be seen on a fresco at Chalivoy-Milon in the Berry and is reproduced here: http://picasaweb.google.com/JuliannaLees/ChalivoyMilon
Alban Butler ("Lives of the Saints", 6 April) states thatClement X gave some of his relics toCardinal de Retz , who placed them in the Abbey of St. Michael in Lorraine. The Xystus who is commemorated in the CatholicCanon of the Mass is Xystus II, not Xystus I.His feast is celebrated on
April 6 .References
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