Sixtus I
7th Pope of the Catholic Church
b. c. 42 · d. 120s
7th Bishop of Rome (Pope) · 110s–120s
Offices
- Bishop of Rome (Pope) № 7 · 110s – 120s
Pope Sixtus I, also spelled Xystus, a Roman of Greek descent, was the bishop of Rome from c. 117 or 119 to his death c. 126 or 128. He succeeded Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Telesphorus. His feast is celebrated on 6 April.
Related people
- Alexander I succeeded · traditional
- Telesphorus preceded · traditional
Commemorated
Places
- Rome ministry
- St. Peter's Basilica burial
How we know
Recorded as a historical figure.
- Ecclesiastical History 1 claim — HE 4.4
- Liber Pontificalis 1 claim — Liber Pontificalis, the life of Sixtus I
- Le Liber pontificalis: texte, introduction et commentaire 1 claim — Liber pontificalis I, commentary on the early lives