Pope Saint Siricius
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- Memorial
- 26 November
- Profile
- Son of Tiburtius.
Lector.
Deacon.
Friend of Saint Ambrose of Milan.
Unanimously elected 38th pope in 384.
He was opposed by an anti-pope, Ursinus, but the pretender could not get any support, and nothing came of it.
Expanded papal power and authority, decreeing that any papal documents should receive widespread distribution.
Held a synod at Rome on 6 January 386 which reaffirmed a variety of canon laws and disciplines for both clergy and laity.
A separate synod in 390-392 reaffirmed the merits of fasting, good works, and the need for celibate life among the religious and clergy.
Opposed the Manicheans.
Settled the Meletian schism at Antioch.
- Born
- c.334 at Rome, Italy
- Papal Ascension
- December 384
- Died
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26 November 399 of natural causes
buried in the cemetery of Priscilla on the Via Salaria, Rome, Italy
- Canonized
- by Pope Benedict XIV
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
New Catholic Dictionary
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
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