Pope Sixtus III

Pope Sixtus III

Infobox Pope
English name=Pope Sixtus III


birth_name=???
term_start=July 31, 432
term_end=August 18, 440
predecessor=Celestine I
successor=Leo I
birthplace=not known
dead=dead|death_date=death date|440|8|18|mf=y
deathplace=Rome
other=Sixtus| infobox popestyles
papal name=Pope Sixtus III
dipstyle=His Holiness
offstyle=Your Holiness
relstyle=Holy Father
deathstyle=Saint|

Pope Saint Sixtus III was pope from July 31, 432 to August 18, 440.

The name of Sixtus is often connected with a great building boom in Rome: Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill was dedicated during his pontificate and he built Santa Maria Maggiore, whose dedication to Mary the Mother of God reflected his acceptance of the Ecumenical council of 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.

Prior to being made pope Sixtus was a patron of Pelagius, who was later condemned as a heretic. Brown, Peter. "Pelagius and his Supporters." "Journal of Theological Studies". 1968.XIX.1(93-114).]

One of his main concerns was in restoring peace between Cyril of Alexandria and the Syrians.

He also maintained the rights of the pope over Illyria and the position of the archbishop of Thessalonica as head of the Illyrian church.

References


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External links

* [http://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/01_01_0432-0440-_Sixtus_III,_Sanctus.html Opera Omnia by Migne Patrologia Latina with analytical indexes]


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