Pope Saint Sylvester I
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- Also known as
- Silvester
- Memorial
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31 December (Latin calendar)
2 January (Eastern calendar)
- Profile
- Pope in the reign of Emperor Constantine I, who built the Lateran and other churches.
Sent legates to the First Council of Nicaea, and was involved in the controversy over Arianism.
The spurious Donation of Constantine was supposedly given to Saint Sylvester.
- Born
- Roman
- Papal Ascension
- 314
- Died
- 31 December 335 at Rome, Italy
- Canonized
- Pre-Congregation
- Patronage
- Feroleto Antico, Italy
- Additional Information
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Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Catholic Encyclopedia
Catholic Online
Christian Biographies, by James Kiefer
Ecole Glossary, by Karen Rae Keck
For All The Saints, by Katherine Rabenstein
Google Directory
Lives of the Saints, by Father Alban Butler
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints, by Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, and Stephen Bunson
Popes Through the Ages, by Joseph Brusher, SJ
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