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	Pope Sixtus IV - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sixtus IV, born Francesco della Rovere (July 21, 1414 - August 12, 1484) was Pope from 1471 to 1484, essentially a Renaissance prince, the Sixtus of the Sistine Chapel where the team of artists he brought together introduced the Early Renaissance to Rome with a masterpiece.
		Sixtus consented to the Spanish Inquisition and issued a bull in 1478 that established an Inquisitor in Seville, under political pressure from Ferdinand of Aragon, who threatened to withhold military support from his kingdom of Sicily.
		The cardinals of Sixtus IV At the death of Sixtus, the conclave of cardinals that met to elect his successor numbered thirty-two surviving cardinals, a greater number than at any time since the close of the twelfth century, excepting perhaps for the multiplied rival cardinalates of the Great Schism (1378-1417).
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Pope_Sixtus_IV (739 words)

	Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pope Sergius III dedicated them to Saint John the Baptist in the 10th century in honor of the newly consecrated basilica baptistry.
		Pope Lucius II dedicated the Lateran Palace and basilica to Saint John the Evangelist in the 12th century.
		Every pope since Miltiades occupied the Lateran Palace until the reign of the French Pope Clement V, who in 1309 decided to transfer the official seat of the Church to Avignon, a papal fief that was an enclave within France.
	www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Basilica_di_San_Giovanni_in_Laterno (1530 words)

	Biography – Pope Sixtus III – The Papal Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He was rewarded by the news, received in 433 on the anniversary of his consecration, that John of Antioch and Cyril had been reconciled by the joint subscription of a profession of faith, in which Cyril, for the sake of peace, had agreed to abandon the formula which the Antiochenes disliked.
		Sixtus addressed to the bishops of Gaul a recapitualtion of recent papal decisions on the subject of grace.
		Sixtus was not awarded honors of sanctity immediately after his death, but, like Zosimus, he owes them to Ado, who inserted his name into his Martyrology in the ninth century.
	www.saint-mike.org /library/papal_library/Sixtus_III/biography.html (333 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pope St. Sixtus III
		As pope he approved the Acts of the Council of Ephesus and endeavoured to restore peace between Cyril of Alexandria and John of Antioch.
		In the Pelagian controversy he frustrated the attempt of Julian of Eclanum to be readmitted to communion with the Catholic Church.
		Sixtus (3); GRISAR, History of Rome and the Popes, tr.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/14032a.htm (261 words)

	Pope Sixtus III - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		440) was pope from July 31, 432 to August 18, 440.
		The name of Sixtus is often connected with a great building boom in Rome: Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill was dedicated during his pontificate and he built Santa Maria Maggiore, whose dedication to Mary the Mother of God reflected his acceptance of the Ecumenical council of Ephesus which closed in 431.
		He also maintained the rights of the pope over Illyria and the position of the archbishop of Thessalonica as head of the Illyrian church.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pope_Sixtus_III (137 words)

	ST. SIXTUS III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		A Roman, prominent among the clergy, a friend of St. Augustine, Sixtus was a natural choice for pope.
		In 433, Sixtus held a council at Rome at which he announced that Cyril of Alexandria had informed him that many Nestorian leaders had returned to the Church.
		St. Sixtus celebrated the council by rebuilding the old basilica of Pope Liberius and decorating it with magnificent mosaics picturing the childhood of Jesus and the life of Mary.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp44.htm (357 words)

	Saintly Popes of Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		While we don't usually think of Roman popes as being Orthodox, this was, of course, the case for the first millennium, until Rome broke away from the Universal Church.
		Pope Martin summoned 105 bishops to a Council at the Lateran, where Monothelitism was condemned.
		May Almighty God protect you with His grace, and grant to me to see the fruit of your labor in the eternal country; that so, even though I cannot labor with you, I may be found together wit you in the joy of the reward; for in truth I desire to labor.
	www.roca.org /oa/126-127/126c.htm (1564 words)

	The (Iglesia Ni Cristo/Church of Christ) Doctrines
		Pope Celastine II (1143-44) had a certain Count Jordan condemned to a horrible death, he was strapped naked to a scalding iron chair while a red-hot crown was nailed to his head.
		Pope Benedict XIII (1394-1417) gave a dispensation to the twenty-nine-year-old Richard II of England to marry Isabella, the seven-year-old daughter of the King of France.
		Pope Julius II (1503-13) who commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the the Sistine Chapel, was a paedophile and spent much of his time with small boys and male prostitutes.
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	John Paul the Great (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pope St. Leo, in a time of decline of the Roman Empire, made the papacy a strong central authority which was recognized as a source of stability and wisdom.
		When one considers the great work of these two popes, one immediately understands why they were popularly called "the great." They were great in their example of holiness as witnessed in their preaching, teaching, evangelization and leadership, especially in times of persecution and hardship.
		Pope John Paul II emphasized the universal call to holiness and thereby the sacramental life which begins at baptism: He who went to weekly confession urged others to open themselves to the infinite mercy of God in the sacrament of penance.
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	Keeping Catholics Catholic Page XXV-The Timeline-The Fifth Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Pope St. Zosimus is buried in St. Lorenzo on the road to Tivoli.
		Pope St. Sixtus III resists the rehabilitation of the Pelagian, Julian of Eclanum.
		Pope St. Leo the Great received an appeal from the monk Eutyches who had been deposed by his Bishop, Flavian of Constantinople, for teaching the Monophysite doctrine that Christ Incarnate had only one nature, the human nature having been absorbed by the Divine Nature.
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	Pope Pius III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As the nephew of Pope Pius IIPius II by his sister Laodamia, he was received into favour by that pontiff, who permitted him to assume the name and arms of the Piccolomini family, and raised him, when only twenty-two years of age, to the see of Siena and the Catholic Cardinalcardinalate.
		He was employed by subsequent popes in several important legations, as by Pope Paul IIPaul II at the diet of Ratisbon, and by Pope Sixtus IVSixtus IV to secure the restoration of ecclesiastical authority in Umbria/.
		Amid the disturbances consequent upon the death of Pope Alexander VIAlexander VI he was, by the not wholly disinterested influence of Pope Julius IICardinal Rovere, elected pope on September 22, 1503, his installation taking place on the October 8 following.
	www.infothis.com /find/Pope_Pius_III (286 words)

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		Sixtus III had an additional incentive for the construction of his new church.
		Pope Nicholas replaced Sixtus' earlier representation of the Madonna with Child with a portrayal of the Virgin as a crowned and bejewelled Byzantine bride, enthroned side by side with Christ.
		The golden wood ceiling over the nave was commissioned by the Borgia Pope Alexander VI (whose coat of arms is prominently displayed), designed by the "father of the Italian Renaissance." Leon Battista Alberti, and (supposedly) embellished with the first gold brought from the new world, donated by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.
	www.ewtn.com /library/CHRIST/MAGGIORE.TXT (1329 words)

	ST. HADRIAN III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		He had solidified his position by marrying the niece of Pope Benedict III; but later on, wishing to marry the daughter of Gregory, a high official, he killed his wife almost in public.
		Emperor Charles the Fat invited Pope Hadrian to a diet at Worms at which the question of the imperial succession would be discussed.
		Except for the exiled Pope St. Martin I, Hadrian III is the first pope since Gregory the Great not to be buried in St. Peter's.
	www.cfpeople.org /Books/Pope/POPEp110.htm (410 words)

	Pope St. Leo the Great
		Pope Leo was not so successful in 455 when Gaiseric, leader of the barbarian Vandals, turned up at the gates of Rome eager for booty.
		The pope was able, however, to persuade Gaiseric to be content with pillaging the city, without slaying its citizens or burning its buildings.
		If this energetic pope won the admiration of all, it was because of his serene faith that the Holy Spirit would never fail the Church, Christ's body.
	www.stthomasirondequoit.com /SaintsAlive/id610.htm (709 words)

	The Mary Page: Meditations
		When Pope Sixtus III (432- 440) asked for donations to restore the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome, the faithful were generous in their support.
		In 1753, Pope Benedict XIV approved the placing of a gold crown over the image and in 1779 Pope Pius VI granted the Augustinian Order the special privilege of celebrating the Feast day each year on April 26.
		Pope Pius XII (1939-1958) dedicated his entire pontificate to the Madonna of Good Counsel and Pope John XIII (1958-1963) made a visit to the shrine in 1959.
	www.udayton.edu /mary/meditations/Fall99.html (693 words)

	Archives: Story
		Peter's Basilica is the world's largest Roman Catholic church and the pope frequently celebrates mass in the church.
		According to a 13th-century legend, this largest and most splendid of all the churches dedicated to the Virgin Mary was built in the fourth century by Pope Liberius after a vision from the Virgin Mary.
		Popes lived in the Lateran Palace for a thousand years until they moved to Avignon, and then to the Vatican upon their return to Rome in 1377.
	www.dunnconnect.com /articles/2004/01/06/news/news07.txt (1268 words)

	St. Lawrence (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		As one of the principle assistants to Pope St. Sixtus II, he was in charge of the Vatican treasury.
		Lawrence was martyred four days after Pope Sixtus II and his companions during the persecution by Valerian.
		In the mid-400's, Pope Sixtus III built a large basilica with three naves, the apse leaning against the older church.
	www.catholic-forum.com /themes/st_lawrence.html (278 words)

	Catholic Culture : Document Library : Churches of Rome: Christianity's First Cathedral
		It was to Pope Melchiade (311-314) that Constantine gave the palace on Monte Celio, formerly property of the patrician Laterani family (hence the basilica's appellation "Lateran"), which his second wife Fausta (Maxentius' sister) had brought to the marriage.
		Pope Sixtus V (1585-1590), in one of his frenzied urban renewal projects, tore down St. John Lateran's original buildings, replacing them with late-Renaissance structures by his favorite architect Domenico Fontana.
		As an approach to the chapel, Sixtus moved from the Lateran Palace the Scala Santa, the staircase which Jesus is believed to have ascended to Pontius Pilate's palace in Jerusalem, and according to tradition, was brought to Rome by St. Helena herself.
	www.catholicculture.org /docs/doc_view.cfm?recnum=5811 (1959 words)

	St. Leo the Great Parish, Lincroft, New Jersey (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Saint Leo the Great is one of the most important of the early Popes, guiding the destiny of the church during a time when western civilization was rapidly disintegrating.
		Upon the death of Pope Sixtus III, Leo was chosen as his successor.
		He taught against certain heresies and organized the Church setup so that the Pope, the Bishop of Rome was recognized as the head of the Church.
	www.stleothegreat.com /patron_saint.htm (274 words)

	CNP Articles - Basilica of Saint Lawrence
		On August 6 Pope Sixtus II was apprehended in one of the catacombs, and executed forthwith ("Xistum in cimiterio animadversum sciatis VIII id. Augusti et cum eo diacones quattuor." Cyprian, Epist.
		Pope Sixtus III (432-40) built a large basilica with three naves, the apse leaning against the older church, on the summit of the hill where he was buried.
		Pope Damasus built a basilica in Rome which he dedicated to Saint Lawrence; this is the church now known as that of San Lorenzo in Damaso.
	www.canticanova.com /articles/misc/art7q1.htm (795 words)

	IDI 368 December 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Jaime Rodgriguez Lebrato OP (98/241) The present basilica of Saint Mary Major was built by Pope Sixtus III in 432.
		Roberto Luciani says that Pope Sixtus V, who commissioned the statue, visited the sculptor in his study while he was sculpting the work, was present when it was set in place in 1587, and paid at least 25,000 Scudi for it.
		This Pope, on the occasion of the Jubilee of 1725, entrusted Filippo Raguzzini with the restoration of the roof of the Basilica.
	www.op.org /curia/idi/idi368/eng368spl.html (1674 words)

	Orthodox Icon of Saint Leo, Pope of Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thou wast the Church's instrument in strengthening the Church's teaching of true doctrine; thou didst shine forth from the West like a sun and didst dispel the heretics' error.
		He served as archdeacon with Pope Sixtus III, then was elected, against his wishes, to succede him.
		Pope Leo went out to meet him in his episcopal vestments.
	www.comeandseeicons.com /inp92.htm (270 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Our Lady of the Snow
		It was restored by Pope Pope Sixtus III (432-440) and dedicated to Our Lady.
		From the fact that no mention whatever is made of this alleged miracle until a few hundred years later, not even by Sixtus III in his eight-lined dedicatory inscription [edited by de Rossi, "Inscript.
		Originally the feast was celebrated only at Sta Maria Maggiore; in the fourteenth century it was extended to all the churches of Rome and finally it was made a universal feast by Pius V.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/11361c.htm (469 words)

	Our Sunday Visitor's Faith Matters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Doctor of the Church and only one of three popes (with Gregory I and Nicholas I) to earn the title “the Great.” He was born in Rome, probably of Tuscan parentage, and served as a deacon to Pope St. Celestine I (r.
		Elected pope while away in Gaul (modern France), he was consecrated on September 29, 440, and started his pontificate by preaching ninety-six sermons that stated his opposition to the heresies of his time.
		While his authority was not recognized in the East, Leo nevertheless wielded such influence and personal strength that he was soon embroiled in the major theological controversies of the time, in particular those troubling the Eastern Empire.
	www.osv.com /faithmatters/LeaderGuide/stleogreat.asp (374 words)

	Articles - Basilica di San Giovanni in Laterano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The actual date of the gift is unknown but scholars believe it had to have been during the pontificate of Pope Miltiades, in time to host a synod of bishops in 313 that was convened to challenge the Donatist schism, declaring Donatism as heresy.
		The palace basilica was converted and extended, eventually becoming the cathedral of Rome, the seat of the popes as patriarchs of Rome.
		The popes took up residency at the Basilica di Santa Maria in Trastevere and later at the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Basilica_di_San_Giovanni_in_Laterano?mySession=5d97d42f7ffaa81386c18de10615167a (1529 words)

	BUILDING HISTORY OF THE BASILICA OF SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In 1614, in the piazza before the church Pope Paul V Erected a colossal Corinthian column taken from the Basilica of Maxentius; it supports a bronze statue of the Virgin Mary.
		A pendant to this is the obelisk behind the apse erected in 1587 by Sixtus V. The 14.8 meter obelisk was taken from the Mausoleum of Augustus.
		The basilica itself was restored and extended by various popes, including Eugenius III (1145-1153), Nicholas IV (1288-92),Clement X (1670-76), and Benedict XIV (1740-58), who in the 1740s commissioned Ferdinando Fuga to build the present facade and to modify the interior.
	www.cvrlab.org /humnet/resources/history.html (521 words)

	August/September Issue Feature six 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She promised that in the middle of August when Rome is at its hottest, it would snow on the sight where she wanted the basilica to be built.
		And as the faithful watched, the Pope traced in the newly fallen snow the outline of the future church.
		Pope Sixtus III (432-440) fulfilled Pope Liberius' dream and built a church in honor of Mary, whom the council of Ephesus in 431 declared to be the Theotokas, the Mother of God.
	www.consecration.com /AS03Feat6.html (293 words)

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