Sixtus III

Celestine I
Successor	Leo I
Personal details
Born	c. 390 Rome, Roman Empire
Died	18 August 440(440-08-18) (aged 49–50) Gaul, Western Roman Empire
Sainthood
Feast day	28 March
Other popes named Sixtus

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.

Early career

Sixtus was born in Rome and before his accession he was prominent among the Roman clergy,

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]

Pontificate

Sixtus was consecrated pope on 31 July 432. He attempted to restore peace between

archbishop of Thessalonica as head of the local Illyrian church against the ambition of Proclus of Constantinople.^[1]

His name is often connected with a great building boom in

Ephesus which closed in 431. At that council, the debate over Christ's human and divine natures turned on whether Mary could legitimately be called the "Mother of God" or only "Mother of Christ". The council gave her the Greek title Theotokos

(literally "God-bearer", or "Mother of God"), and the dedication of the large church in Rome is a response to that.

Sixtus III's

feast day is 28 March.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Weber, Nicholas. "Pope St. Sixtus III." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 14. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 15 September 2017
^ ""St. Sixtus III, Pope", Catholic News Agency, March 28, 2017". Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
^ Brown, Peter. "Pelagius and his Supporters." Journal of Theological Studies. 1968.XIX.1(93–114).

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Pope St. Sixtus III". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.

Literature

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

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