Pope Sixtus III
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Pope Saint Sixtus III, also called Xystus III, was the bishop of Rome from 31 July 432 to his death on 18 August 440. His ascension to the papacy is associated with a period of increased construction
Mosaic from Santa Maria Maggiore (c. AD 435), with Sixtus III's name (Xystus Episcopus Plebi Dei, "Sixtus Bishop to the People of God.")
Pelagius
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Pelagius was a Christian theologian known as an ascetic monk and promoting a system of doctrines which emphasized human choice in salvation and denied original sin. Pelagius was accused of heresy at t
Pope Sixtus III
…among the Roman clergy, and frequently corresponded with Augustine of Hippo. According to Peter Brown, before being made pope, Sixtus was a patron of Pelagius, who was later condemned as a heretic, although Alban Butler disagrees and attributes the charge to Garnier. Nicholas Weber also disputes this, "...it…
Pelagius
Saint Augustine of Hippo
Pelagius, as depicted in the Nuremberg Chronicle