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Pope Sixtus III

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 Catholics on 28 March.


Sixtus III

31 July 432

18 August 440

18 August 440(440-08-18) (aged 49–50)
Gaul, Western Roman Empire

28 March

Early career[edit]

Sixtus was born in Rome and before his accession he was prominent among the Roman clergy,[1] and frequently corresponded with Augustine of Hippo.[2] According to Peter Brown, before being made pope, Sixtus was a patron of Pelagius, who was later condemned as a heretic,[3] although Alban Butler disagrees and attributes the charge to Garnier. Nicholas Weber also disputes this, "...it was probably owing to his conciliatory disposition that he was falsely accused of leanings towards these heresies."[1]

List of Catholic saints

List of popes

Helmut Feld (1995). "Sixtus III". In Bautz, Traugott (ed.). (in German). Vol. 10. Herzberg: Bautz. cols. 583–584. ISBN 3-88309-062-X.

Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL)

Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes

"" in the Ecumenical Lexicon of Saints

Pope Sixtus III

Collected works by Migne Patrologia Latina