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Pope Saint Celestine I was popePope Overview

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, and, as Successor of Saint Peter, is the head of the Catholic Church....
 from 422422

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 until April 6, 432432

Events...
.

Celestine I was a RomanAncient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of Rome, founded in the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th cent...
. Nothing is known of his early history except that his father's name was Priscus. He is said to have lived for a time at Milan with St. AmbroseAmbrose

Saint Ambrose, , bishop of Milan, was one of the most eminent bishops of the 4th century....
. The first notice, however, concerning him that is known is in a document of Pope Innocent IPope Innocent I

Pope Innocent I, Pope , was, according to his biographer in the Liber Pontificalis, the son of a man called Innocent of ...
, in the year 416416

<...
, where he is spoken of as Celestine the Deacon.

Various portions of the liturgyLiturgy

A liturgy comprises a prescribed ceremony, according to the traditions of a particular group or event....
 are attributed to him, but without any certainty on the subject. Though he did not attend personally, he sent delegates to the Council of EphesusFacts About Council of Ephesus

The Council of Ephesus was held in Ephesus, Asia Minor in 431 under Emperor Theodosius II, grandson of Theodosius the Great....
 in which the Nestorians were condemned, in 431431

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. Four letters written by him on that occasion, all dated March 15, 431Facts About 431

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, together with a few others, to the AfricaAfrica

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n bishops, to those of IllyriaIllyria

Illyria was in Classical antiquity a region in the western part of today's Balkan Peninsula, founded by the tribes and clan...
, of Thessalonica, and of NarbonneNarbonne

Narbonne is a town and commune of southwestern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon rgion....
, are extant in retranslations from the GreekGreek language

Greek has a documented history of 3,500 years, the longest of any single language within the Indo-European family....
, the LatinLatin

Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome....
 originals having been lost.

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422   Celestine succeeds Boniface as Pope. =

429   Pope Celestine I dispatches bishops Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes to Britain to combat the Pelagian heresy.

431   Pope Celestine I dispatches Palladius to serve as bishop to the Irish





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Pope Saint Celestine I was popePope Overview

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, and, as Successor of Saint Peter, is the head of the Catholic Church....
 from 422422

<...
 until April 6, 432432

Events...
.

Celestine I was a RomanAncient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of Rome, founded in the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th cent...
. Nothing is known of his early history except that his father's name was Priscus. He is said to have lived for a time at Milan with St. AmbroseAmbrose

Saint Ambrose, , bishop of Milan, was one of the most eminent bishops of the 4th century....
. The first notice, however, concerning him that is known is in a document of Pope Innocent IPope Innocent I

Pope Innocent I, Pope , was, according to his biographer in the Liber Pontificalis, the son of a man called Innocent of ...
, in the year 416416

<...
, where he is spoken of as Celestine the Deacon.

Various portions of the liturgyLiturgy

A liturgy comprises a prescribed ceremony, according to the traditions of a particular group or event....
 are attributed to him, but without any certainty on the subject. Though he did not attend personally, he sent delegates to the Council of EphesusFacts About Council of Ephesus

The Council of Ephesus was held in Ephesus, Asia Minor in 431 under Emperor Theodosius II, grandson of Theodosius the Great....
 in which the Nestorians were condemned, in 431431

Sorry, no overview for this topic
. Four letters written by him on that occasion, all dated March 15, 431Facts About 431

Sorry, no overview for this topic
, together with a few others, to the AfricaAfrica

Africa is one of the greatest sized continents of the Earth....
n bishops, to those of IllyriaIllyria

Illyria was in Classical antiquity a region in the western part of today's Balkan Peninsula, founded by the tribes and clan...
, of Thessalonica, and of NarbonneNarbonne

Narbonne is a town and commune of southwestern France in the Languedoc-Roussillon rgion....
, are extant in retranslations from the GreekGreek language

Greek has a documented history of 3,500 years, the longest of any single language within the Indo-European family....
, the LatinLatin

Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome....
 originals having been lost.

St. Celestine actively persecuted the PelagiansPelagianism

Pelagianism is the belief that original sin did not taint human nature , and that mortal will is still capable of choosing g...
, and was zealous for orthodoxy. He sent PalladiusPalladius

Palladius was the first Bishop of the Christians of Ireland, preceding Saint Patrick....
 to IrelandIreland

Ireland is the third largest island in Europe....
 to serve as a bishop in 431431

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. Bishop Patricius continued this missionary work. Pope Celestine raged against the Novatians in RomeRome

Rome is the capital of Italy and of its region, called Latium....
, imprisoning their bishop, and forbidding their worship. He was zealous in refusing to tolerate the smallest innovation on the constitutions of his predecessors, and is recognized by the Church as a saint.

St. Celestine died on April 6, 432432 Overview

Events...
. He was buried in the cemetery of St. PriscillaPriscilla (Christian)

Prisca, also known as Priscilla, was one of the earliest evangelists of Jesus Christ in Rome....
 in the Via SalariaVia Salaria

Via Salaria, an ancient Roman road in Italy, which eventually ran from Rome to Castrum Truentinum on the Adriatic co...
, but his body, subsequently moved, now lies in the Basilica di Santa PrassedeSanta Prassede Summary

Santa Prassede is a basilica church in Rome, located near the major basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore....
.

In art, Saint Celestine is portrayed as a Pope with a dove, dragon, and flame.

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