Saint Sixtus (or San Sisto in Italian) may refer to the following:
People
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Pope Sixtus I
Pope Sixtus I (42 – 124/126/128), also spelled Xystus, a Roman of Greek descent, was the bishop of Rome from c. 115 to his death. He succeeded Alexander I and was in turn succeeded by Telesphorus. His feast is celebrated on 6 April.
Name
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(d. 128)
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Pope Sixtus II (d. 258), martyr
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Pope Sixtus III (d. 440)
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Sixtus of Reims (d.c. 300), first bishop of Reims
Places
Italy
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San Sisto, Piacenza San Sisto is a Renaissance architecture, Renaissance style, Roman Catholic church, located in Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
History
The church and an adjacent convent and hospital were founded in 874 by Queen Angilberga, wife of the E ...
, church in Piacenza
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San Sisto, Pisa
San Sisto is a church in Pisa, Tuscany, Italy.
It was consecrated in 1133 but previously it had been already used as the seat of the most important notary act of the Pisan commune. It was built in a Pisane-Romanesque style in stone. The façade ...
, church in Pisa
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San Sisto Vecchio, church in Rome
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San Sisto, Viterbo
San Sisto is a Romanesque-style Roman Catholic church in the town of Viterbo in the Region of Lazio. The church was once known as San Sisto fuori la Porta Romana.
Description
The church was erected in the 11th-century, likely on the site of a ...
, church in Lazio
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San Sisto (Genoa)
San Sisto is a Roman Catholic church in Genoa, Italy, located in Centro-Est quartiere of Prè, near the railway station of Genova Piazza Principe.
Background
A Romanesque church was built here from 1088 to 1093 to commemorate a victory on Augu ...
, church in Genoa
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San Sisto al Pino, village in the province of Pisa
Belgium
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St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren, West Flanders
Australia
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San Sisto College
San Sisto College is a Roman Catholic secondary college for girls aged 7–12, located in Carina, a suburb of south-east Brisbane, Queensland
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, Brisbane
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Sixtus (disambiguation)
Sixtus was a Roman name, a corruption of the Greek name "", meaning "polished", and originally Latinized "Xystus". In its Spanish form (Sixto) it is still used as a personal name.
Popes
*Pope Sixtus I (115/116–125)
*Pope Sixtus II (257–258)
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Saint-Sixte (disambiguation)
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