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Pope Damasus I ( / ˈdæməsəs /; c. 305 – 11 December 384), known as Damasus of Rome, [1] was the bishop of Rome from October 366 to his death. He presided over the Council of Rome of 382 that made an official list of sacred scripture. [2] He spoke out against major heresies (including Apollinarianism and Macedonianism ), thus solidifying ...
St. Damasus I (born c. 304, Rome—died December 11, 384, Rome; feast day December 11) was the pope from October 1, 366, to December 11, 384. During his rule the primacy of the Roman see was asserted. Damasus was a deacon during the reign of his predecessor, Pope Liberius, and accompanied him when Liberius was exiled by the Roman emperor ...
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Damasus was the pope who commissioned Saint Jerome to translate the Scriptures into Latin, the Vulgate version of the Bible. Damasus was a sixty-year-old deacon when he was elected bishop of Rome in 366. His reign was marked by violence from the start when another group decided to elect a different pope. Both sides tried to enforce their ...
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Damasus defended with vigour the Catholic Faith in a time of dire and varied perils. In two Roman synods (368 and 369) he condemned Apollinarianism and Macedonianism; he also sent his legates to the Council of Constantinople (381), convoked against the aforesaid heresies. In the Roman synod of 369 (or 370) Auxentius, the Arian Bishop of Milan ...
Died. 384. Rome, Italy. Other popes named Damasus. Pope Saint Damasus I (c. 304 - 384 C.E.) was pope from 366 to 384. Possibly born in present Spain or Portugal in the Western Roman Empire, he was raised in Rome by devout Christian parents. His life coincided with the rise of Constantine I and the reunion and later re-division of the Western ...
Dec 11, 2021 · The son of a Roman priest, possibly of Spanish extraction, Damasus started as a deacon in his father’s church, and served as a priest in what later became the basilica of San Lorenzo in Rome. He served Pope Liberius (352-366) and followed him into exile. When Liberius died, Damasus was elected bishop of Rome; but a minority elected and ...
Quick Facts About Pope Damasus I. Though the exact date is unclear, he is believed to be born around 305 in Rome, Italy. He has no other birth name than Damasus. At the approximate age of 78, he died on December 11, 384. He died of natural causes and was buried near his family members, though the exact location is no longer known.
