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- Pope Callixtus I (Greek: Κάλλιστος), also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223. He lived during the reigns of the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. Eusebius and the Liberian catalogue list his episcopate as having lasted five years (217–222).
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Pope Callixtus I (Greek: Κάλλιστος), also called Callistus I, was the bishop of Rome (according to Sextus Julius Africanus) from c. 218 to his death c. 222 or 223. He lived during the reigns of the Roman emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus. Eusebius and the Liberian catalogue list his episcopate as having lasted five years (217–222
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St. Callixtus I (died 222, Rome [Italy]; feast day October 14) was the pope from about 217 to 222, during the schism of St. Hippolytus, the church’s first antipope.
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According to the "Philosophumena" (c. ix) Callistus was the slave of Carpophorus, a Christian of the household of Caesar. His master entrusted large sums of money to Callistus, with which he started a bank in which brethren and widows lodged money, all of which Callistus lost. He took to flight.
Pope Callixtus I was the first of three popes to choose the name Callixtus. He was the 16th pope of the Church and one of the early men martyred for their beliefs and positions. Having spent his early years as a slave, he had a deep commitment to helping the poor.
Jun 30, 2024 · Learn about the life and papacy of Pope Callistus I, who was a slave, a deacon, and a martyr. He faced a schism and controversy over his mercy and forgiveness in the early Church.
Pope Saint Callixtus I, also written Callistus I and Callisto, was pope from c 217 to c 222 C.E., during the reigns of the Roman emperors Heliogabalus and Alexander Severus. Prior to becoming pope, Callixtus had suffered hard labor in the mines of Sardinia before being freed through the efforts of Pope Victor I during the reign of Emperor Commodus.
Pope Saint Callixtus I or Callistus I (217-222 C.E.) was the sixteenth Pope, the official title is the Bishop of Rome of the Catholic Church, during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Elagabalus and Alexander Severus.
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