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...

Sixto. Pope Sixtus I (115/116–125) Pope Sixtus II (257–258) Pope Sixtus III (432–440) Pope Sixtus IV (1471–1484) Pope Sixtus V (1585–1590) Sixtus of Reims...

directly. Near the end of the reign of Pope Sixtus III, Leo was dispatched at the request of Emperor Valentinian III to settle a dispute between Aëtius, one...

The dedicatory inscription on the triumphal arch, Latin: Sixtus Episcopus plebi Dei (Sixtus the bishop to the people of God), is an indication of that...

election to the papacy on 24 April 1585, with the title of Sixtus V to honour Pope Sixtus IV, also a Franciscan like himself. One of the things that commended...

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...

(c. 99 – c. 108), not listed in the Roman Martyrology but executed Pope Sixtus I (Saint) (c. 119 – c. 128) Pope Telesphorus (Saint) (c. 128 – c. 138) Pope...

Church. For the remainder of his pontificate, Sixtus turned to temporal issues and dynastic considerations. Sixtus IV sought to strengthen his position by surrounding...

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September 422 Papacy ended 1 August 432 Predecessor Boniface I Successor Sixtus III Personal details Born Celestine C. 376 AD Rome, Roman Empire Died August...

Anterus, Fabian, Lucius I, Sixtus II, Alexander I, Eutychian, and Miltiades. A long inscription made in the period of Pope Sixtus III (around 440) outside the...

favorable to Joan. After Nicholas V died in early 1455, the new pope Callixtus III gave permission for a rehabilitation trial, and appointed three commissioners...

Valley on the Indian subcontinent (approximate date). August 18 – Pope Sixtus III dies after an 8-year reign in which he has resisted heresy and sponsored...

Pope Constantine, and Pope Gregory III) 4 from Greece (Pope Anacletus, Pope Hyginus, Pope Eleutherius, and Pope Sixtus II) 3 from the Holy Land in modern-day...

Appleton Company, 1908. April 2, 2016 Loughlin, James. "Pope St. Adrian III." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 1. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1907...

became an optional memorial. The feast commemorates the dedication by Pope Sixtus III of the rebuilt Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore just after the First Council...

Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence (a brother of Kings Edward IV and Richard III), by his wife Isabel Neville. As a result of Margaret's marriage to Richard...

made an archdeacon through the influence of Emperor Valentinian III. Pope Sixtus III appointed Peter as Bishop of Ravenna circa 433, apparently rejecting...

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attributed to Filocalus. A plaque placed by Pope Sixtus III (c. 440) lists the following popes: Sixtus II, Dionysius, Cornelius, Felix, Pontianus, Fabianus...

become joined by later construction. This baptistery was founded by Pope Sixtus III in 440, perhaps on an earlier structure, for a legend grew up that Constantine...

(431) in which the Mother of Jesus was acclaimed as Mother of God, Pope Sixtus III erected at Rome on the Esquiline Hill, a basilica dedicated to the honor...

1577 fresco by Jacopo Coppi of the Empress Eudoxia conversing with Pope Sixtus III. It shows the precursor of today's recognisable three-colored uniform...

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the Duchy of Burgundy and Margaret III, Countess of Flanders, rather than giving dispensation to one of Edward III of England's sons to marry Margaret...

architecturally most influential baptistery in the Christian West, founded by Pope Sixtus III Parma Baptistery Florence Baptistery, Tuscan Romanesque-style structure...

reconstruction of the archbasilica before a definitive program of Pope Sixtus V. Sixtus V hired his favorite architect, Domenico Fontana, to supervise much...

Antique iconographic traditions. According to the 13th-century Golden Legend (III.15) by Jacobus de Voragine, 15-year-old Agatha, from a rich and noble family...

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Sixtus (or San Sisto in Italian) may refer to the following: Pope Sixtus I (d. 128) Pope Sixtus II (d. 258), martyr Pope Sixtus III (d. 440) Sixtus of...