# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Sixtus became bishop of Rome on 31 August 257, stepping into leadership during one of the empire's sharpest turns against the church. Valerian's persecution targeted clergy directly, and within twelve months it reached him. On 6 August 258, he was killed alongside seven deacons — among them Lawrence of Rome, who would become one of Christianity's most venerated martyrs. The brevity of his reign made the manner of its end the defining fact: a pope who died not in office but at the edge of imperial violence, his name carried forward by the men who fell with him.