Pope Saint Miltiades

Also known as

• Melchiades

Memorial

• 10 December

Profile

Pope during the time that Constantine the Great declared tolerance for Christians in the Roman Empire. Counted as a martyr on many lists due to the sufferings he endured prior to the toleration decree. May have been Pope when the Church was given the Lateran Palace which became the pope‘s residence and the seat of the central administration of the Church. Saint Augustine of Hippo thought highly of him, and mentioned him in his writings.

Born

• Africa

Papal Ascension

• 2 July 311

Died

• 11 January 314 at Rome, Italy

Canonized

• Pre-Congregation

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Heiligen 3s
• Kirken i Norge
• Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
• New Catholic Dictionary
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Pope Saint Miltiades”. Saints.SQPN.com. 9 December 2012. Web. 19 June 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-saint-miltiades/>