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Pope Sixtus I
saidundated
God is not the name of God, but an opinion about Him.
— The Ring (c. 120).
Pope Sixtus I
7th Pope of the Catholic Church
- Fame61.2
- Momentum0.0
- Religious Figures rank#161
Source-basedFalling
- Fame61.2
- Momentum0.0
- Religious Figures rank#161
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Lived 42–126, aged 84Italy
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Updated 2026-06-08
A Roman of Greek descent who led the Church in its earliest, most precarious decades—when being bishop of Rome meant presiding over a hunted community, not an empire.
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Sixtus I became bishop of Rome around 117 or 119, inheriting leadership of a faith still operating in the empire's shadows. He followed Alexander I and held the office for roughly a decade, guiding the young Church through a period when its structures were forming and its survival was far from assured. He died around 126 or 128 and was succeeded by Telesphorus. His feast day falls on 6 April.
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Pope Sixtus I
saidundated
Let your accusations be few in number, even if they be just.
— The Ring (c. 120).
Pope Sixtus I
saidundated
God has conferred upon men liberty of their own will, in order that by purity and sinlessness of life they may become like unto God.
— As quoted in On Nature and Grace, Ch. 77, by Augustine of Hippo, as translated by Peter Holmes, Robert Ernest Wallis and Benjamin B
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