Pope Siricius

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Pope Siricius

Pope Saint Siricius, Bishop of Rome

Bishop of Rome

The Bishop of Rome is the Bishop of the Holy See, more often referred to in the Catholic Church tradition as the Pope. The first Bishop of Rome to bear the title of "Pope" was Pope Boniface III in 607, the first to assume the title of "Universal Bishop" by decree of Phocas....
from December 384 (the date in December, 15 or 22 or 29, is uncertain) until his death on 26 November 399

399

Events...
, was successor to Damasus I

Pope Damasus I

Pope Damasus I was pope from 366 to 384.He was born around 305, probably near the city of Idanha-a-Velha , in what is present-day Portugal, or near the city of Castelo Branco , then part of the Western Roman Empire....
and was himself succeeded by Anastasius I

Pope Anastasius I

Pope Saint Anastasius I was pope from November 27, 399 to 401.He condemned the writings of the Alexandrian theologian Origen shortly after their translation into Latin....
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Siricius was elected Bishop of Rome unanimously, despite attempts by the Antipope Ursinus

Antipope Ursicinus

Ursicinus, also known as Ursinus, was elected pope in a violently contested election in 366 as a rival to Pope Damasus I. He ruled in Rome for several months in 366 – 367, was afterwards declared an antipope, and died after 381....
' to promote himself. He was an active Pope, involved in the administration of the Church, and the handling of various factions and viewpoints within it.

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Pope Saint Siricius, Bishop of Rome

Bishop of Rome

399

Events...
, was successor to Damasus I

Pope Damasus I

Pope Anastasius I

Antipope Ursicinus

Decretal

Decretals is the name that is given in Canon law to those letters of the pope which formulate decisions in ecclesiastical law.They are generally given in answer to consultations, but are sometimes due to the initiative of the popes....
s, the first of which was the Directa Decretal sent to Himerius of Tarragona

Himerius of Tarragona

Himerius of Tarragona was bishop of Tarragona during the 4th century.He is most notable as being the recipient of the Directa Decretal, written by Pope Siricius in February 385 AD....
. He was the author of two decrees concerning clerical celibacy

Clerical celibacy

Clerical celibacy is the practice in various religion, in which clergy, monastics and those in religious orders adopt a celibacy life, refraining from marriage and human sexuality, including masturbation and "impure thoughts" ....
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When the Spanish bishop and ascetic Priscillian

Priscillian

Priscillian, bishop of ?vila , a theology from Ancient Rome Gallaecia , was the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy ....
, accused by his fellow bishops of heresy, was executed by the emperor Magnus Maximus

Magnus Maximus

Magnus Clemens Maximus , also known as Maximianus, was a Hispanic Roman usurper of the Western Roman Empire from 383 until his death, in 388, by order of Emperor Theodosius I....
under the charge of magic

Magic (paranormal)

Magic, sometimes known as sorcery, is a conceptual system that asserts human ability to control or predict the nature through Mysticism, paranormal or supernatural means....
, Siricus - along with Ambrose

Ambrose

Saint Ambrose was a Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milan who became one of the most influential ecclesiastical figures of the fourth century. He is counted as one of the four original doctors of the Church....
of Milan

Milan

Milan is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan, as well as the Regions of Italy capital of Lombardy....
and Martin of Tours

Martin of Tours

Saint Martin of Tours , was a Bishop of Tours whose shrine became a famous stopping-point for pilgrims on the road to Santiago de Compostela. Around his name much legendary material accrued and he has become one of the most familiar and recognizable Roman Catholic Church saints....
- protested against this verdict.

His feast day is 26 November.

Although the Website says that Pope Siricius was the first Bishop of Rome to style himself Pope

Pope

The Pope is the Bishop of Rome, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of Vatican City. The current pope is Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected April 19, 2005 in Papal conclave, 2005....
, more weighty resources say that the title of Pope was from the early third century used for any bishop in the West. It seems that in the East it was used only for the Bishop of Alexandria, but the imperial chancery of Constantinople

Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire and Eastern Roman Empire are conventional names used to describe the Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centered on its capital of Constantinople....
normally reserved it for the Bishop of Rome. From the sixth century it began to be confined in the West to the Bishop of Rome, a practice that was firmly in place by the eleventh century.

Siricius, again, is one of the Popes presented in various sources as having been the first to bear the title Pontifex Maximus

Pontifex Maximus

The Pontifex Maximus was the high priest of the Ancient Rome College of Pontiffs. This was the most important position in the Ancient Roman religion, open only to patricians until 254 BC, when a plebeian first occupied this post....
. Others that are said to have been the first to bear the title are Pope Callistus I, Pope Damasus I

Pope Damasus I

Pope Leo I

Pope Leo I, or Pope Saint Leo the Great, was pope from 29 September, 440 to 10 November, 461.He was an Italian aristocrat, and is the earliest pope of the Roman Catholic Church to have received the title "the Great"....
, Pope Gregory I

Pope Gregory I

Pope Saint Gregory I or Gregory the Great was pope from 3 September 590 until his death.He is also known as Gregory the Dialogist in Eastern Orthodoxy because of his Dialogues....
. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church says instead that it was in the fifteenth century (when the Renaissance

Renaissance

The Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned roughly the 14th to the 17th century, beginning in Italy in the late Middle Ages and later spreading to the rest of Europe....
stirred up new interest in ancient Rome) that "Pontifex Maximus

Pontifex Maximus

Pope Siricius

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