Name
Xystus/Sixtus I, bishop and martyr of Rome
Saint ID
S00130
Reported Death Not Before
120
Reported Death Not After
140
Gender
Male
Type of Saint
Martyrs, Bishops
| ID | Title | E00322 | The Liber Pontificalis, written in Latin in Rome in the 530s, and re-edited before 546, in its account of *Xystus/Sixtus I (bishop and martyr of Rome, S00130), tells how he died a martyr and was buried in Rome close to the body of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on 3 April (or 27 March) [AD 126]. | E00690 | The Notitia ecclesiarum urbis Romae, a guide to saints' graves around Rome, closes with the church and grave of *Peter (the Apostle, S00036) on the 'via Vaticana', north-west of the city. Written in Latin in Rome, 625/649. A description of the basilica, added in the later 8th c., lists many of the altars of saints within the church. | E01751 | Augustine of Hippo, in his treatise On nature and grace, when quoting a passage from Xystus, bishop of Rome (either *Xystus/Sixtus I, S00130, or *Xystus/Sixtus II, S00201), for polemical purposes, emphasises the fact that he was a martyr. Written in Latin in Hippo Regius (Numidia, central North Africa), 415/416. | E02197 | Calendar of the Church of Carthage (central North Africa) lists saints whose liturgical commemorations were celebrated in June. Written in Latin in Carthage, probably between 505 and 535. | E05062 | The 6th/7th c. recension of the Latin Martyrologium Hieronymianum, as transmitted in 8th c. manuscripts, records the feasts of a number of saints on 23 December. |
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