Sixtus II

Bishop of Rome from 257 to 258

b. c. 215 · d. 6 Aug 258

24th Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 31 Aug 257–6 Aug 258

Offices

Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 24 · 31 Aug 257 – 6 Aug 258

Pope Sixtus II, also written as Pope Xystus II, was Pope from 31 August 257 until his death on 6 August 258. He was killed along with seven deacons, including Lawrence of Rome, during the persecution of Christians by the Emperor Valerian.

Related people

Stephen I succeeded · traditional
Dionysius preceded · traditional

Events

Valerianic persecution 257

Commemorated

Sixtus II

Places

Greece birth
Rome ministry

How we know

Recorded as a historical figure.

Ecclesiastical History 2 claims — HE 7.5; Valerianic persecution
Chronograph of 354 (the Calendar of Filocalus) 1 claim — Depositio Episcoporum (part 11); Liberian Catalogue (part 13)
Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Sixtus II

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