Saint Sixtus (or San Sisto in Italian) may refer to the following:
People
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Pope Sixtus I
Pope Sixtus I (Greek: Σίξτος), also spelled Xystus, a Roman of Greek descent, was the bishop of Rome
The pope is the bishop of Rome and the visible head of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, R ...
(d. 128)
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Pope Sixtus II
Pope Sixtus II (), also written as Pope Xystus II, was bishop of Rome from 31 August 257 until his death on 6 August 258. He was killed along with seven deacons, including Lawrence of Rome, during the persecution of Christians by the Emperor V ...
(d. 258), martyr
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Pope Sixtus III
Pope Sixtus III, also called Pope 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 in the city of Rome. His feast day is celebrate ...
(d. 440)
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Sixtus of Reims
Saint Sixtus of Reims () (died c. 300) is considered the first bishop of Reims.Matthew Bunson, Margaret Bunson, Stephen Bunson, ''Our Sunday Visitor's encyclopedia of saints'' (Our Sunday Visitor Publishing, 2003), 762. According to Hincmar, a 9th ...
(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 on the Via of the same name in north-central Piacenza, Region of Emilia Romagna, Italy.
History
The church and an adjacent convent and hospital were foun ...
, 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
The Basilica of San Sisto Vecchio (in Via Appia) is a Catholic minor basilica and Dominican conventual church in Rome, Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western ...
, 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
In Pinzi's 1894 guide to the principal monuments of Viterbo, he cit ...
, 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 Genova Piazza Principe railway station, railway station of Genova Piazza Principe.
Background
A Romanesque architecture, Romanesque church was ...
, church in Genoa
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San Sisto al Pino
San Sisto al Pino is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Cascina, province of Pisa.
San Sisto al Pino is about 6 km southeast of Pisa
Pisa ( ; ) is a city and ''comune'' (municipality) in Tus ...
, 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, Brisbane
See also
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Sixtus (disambiguation)
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Saint-Sixte (disambiguation)
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