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Sixtus I
7th Pope of the Catholic Church
SaintResearchedAncient RomePre-congregation
Feast: 3 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
42
Died
126
verified
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
Sixtus I, a Roman, succeeded St Alexander and ruled the Church for about ten years in the reign of Hadrian.
The old catalogues and martyrologies give him the title of martyr. He was buried in the Vatican beside St Peter.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
An early pope honoured as a martyr.
Connected on this site
- Alexander I Saint“He succeeded Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Telesphorus.” — Wikipedia
- Dionysius of Vienne Saint“Sixtus I with St.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), via New Advent - Pope St. Sixtus I
- Wikidata Q81634 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Pope Sixtus I (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.