Pope Sixtus II

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3rd-century Christian Bishop of Rome Christian martyr Pope saint

Pope Sixtus II was a 3rd-century Bishop of Rome and Christian martyr, remembered for his leadership during the Valerian persecution and his association with deacon Saint Lawrence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Sixtus II	2
Pope Sixtus II canonical	1
Pope Sixtus II (as Saint Sixtus)	1
Saint Sixtus II	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	3rd-century Christian ⓘ Bishop of Rome ⓘ Christian martyr ⓘ Pope ⓘ saint ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Pope Sixtus II ⓘ surface form: Sixtus II Xystus ⓘ surface form: Xystus II
associatedWith	Roman deacons ⓘ Saint Lawrence ⓘ
birthName	Xystus ⓘ
burialPlace	Catacombs of Rome ⓘ surface form: Catacombs of Callixtus
canonizationStatus	pre-congregation saint ⓘ
centuryOfActivity	3rd century ⓘ
church	Catholic Church worldwide ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
countryOfDeath	Roman Empire ⓘ
deathCause	beheading ⓘ
deathPlace	Rome ⓘ
diedOn	258-08-06 ⓘ
feastDay	August 7 ⓘ
killedBy	Roman authorities ⓘ
languageOfName	Latin ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	martyrdom ⓘ
martyrdomSite	Cemetery of Callixtus ⓘ
notableFor	association with deacon Saint Lawrence ⓘ leadership during the Valerian persecution ⓘ
papacyEnd	258 ⓘ
papacyStart	257 ⓘ
papalNumber	2 ⓘ
persecutedUnder	Emperor Valerian ⓘ
persecutionContext	Valerian persecution ⓘ surface form: Valerian persecution of Christians
positionHeld	Pope ⓘ surface form: Bishop of Rome Pope ⓘ surface form: Pope of the Catholic Church
predecessor	Pope Stephen I ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
seeAlso	List of popes martyred in office ⓘ Persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire ⓘ
successor	Pope Dionysius ⓘ
title	Pope and Martyr ⓘ
veneratedIn	Anglican Communion ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church Oriental Orthodoxy ⓘ surface form: Oriental Orthodox Churches Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Saint Lawrence → servesUnder → Pope Sixtus II ⓘ

The Sistine Madonna → depicts → Pope Sixtus II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pope Sixtus II (as Saint Sixtus)

Communicantes → mentions → Pope Sixtus II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixtus II

Pope Sixtus II → alsoKnownAs → Pope Sixtus II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixtus II

San Sisto, Piacenza → dedicatedTo → Pope Sixtus II ⓘ

this entity surface form: Saint Sixtus II